Crime & Safety
'Keep America Great' Banner Hung On Manhattan Bridge: NYPD
Four people were arrested, though they took down the banner.
NEW YORK — Four people who hung a pro-Donald Trump banner from the Manhattan Bridge were arrested Thursday afternoon, police said. The banner saying "Re-Elect Donald J. Trump 2020" and "Keep America Great" showed up just after 3:30 p.m., the NYPD said.
The apparent presidential supporters took down the 12-foot-by-20-foot banner and were taken into custody and brought to the 5th Precinct in Chinatown, a police spokesman said.
The banner was unfurled just after Trump's visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. He returned to Washington, D.C. Thursday morning.
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One witness said the banner didn't last long.
"Thank You #NYPD for taking down this abomination in less than ten minutes!" @Dutchmazz wrote on Instagram, where they posted a photo of the banner.
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Some extremely cool and smart person just hung a Trump 2020 banner off the Manhattan bridge pic.twitter.com/VkYXI2HwyI
— Aaron Leaf (@aaronleaf) September 27, 2018
(Lead image: A pro-Trump banner was hung from the Manhattan Bridge on Thursday afternoon. Photo courtesy of @Dutchmazz/Used with permission)
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