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A protester wearing a gold mask and sunglasses was arrested as demonstrators clashed outside a Drag Story Hour event in New York City on Sunday.
The LGBTQ+ family event hosted by State Attorney General Letitia James drew more than 100 protesters and counter-protesters to the Greenwich Village neighborhood where police were forced to take control.
The masked protester was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. after allegedly assaulting another protester outside the LGBTQ Community Center on West 13th Street, the New York Daily News reported.
Video posted to social media showed counter-protesters chanting 'Love wins' and protesters across the street from the center responding: 'No, we win! When President Trump becomes president again he's going to shut this s*** down.'
In recent months, similar events across the country have drawn increasingly heated protests from groups alleging that they are intended to sexually 'groom' young children.
A protester wearing a gold mask and sunglasses was arrested for allegedly assaulting another protester as demonstrators clashed outside a Drag Story Hour event in NYC on Sunday
The LGBTQ+ family event hosted by State Attorney General Letitia James drew more than 100 protesters on both sides to Greenwich Village where cops were forced to take control
Video posted to social media showed counter-protesters chanting 'Love wins' and protesters across the street from the center responding: 'No, we win! When President Trump becomes president again he's going to shut this s*** down'
The NYPD and the City Council's Sergeant-at-Arms squad were at the
