A clip of the incident shows the man facing off against the group of about 20 protesters.
A group known as the Guardians of Divinity were behind the protest.Catapano was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, attempted assault and obstructing governmental administration, police said.Catapano, of Manhattan, rips the sign out of one protester’s hands and turns to walk away, but the group, known as the Guardians of Divinity, followed,A few feet away, a woman can be seen in the video ushering a young child away from the profanity-laden incident.
The angry Catapano then turns back around only to be stopped by a member of the NYPD, the clip shows. Catapano can be seen shoving the cop’s hand away from him. “You better watch who you’re touching, he’s an officer,” a man can be heard shouting in the video. The officer then grabs Catapano and escorts him away. Later in the video, Catapano appears to be struggling with officers arresting him in the stairwell.Catapano, who was not a part of the Drag Story Hour nor the protest, was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, attempted assault and obstructing governmental administration, police said.
. “As taxpayers, we have a right to say where our money goes. We went in there and we protest at the drag story and we shut it down early. It was a big success.”
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