Video shows NYPD clash with pro-Palestinian rally in Brooklyn, 40 demonstrators arrested

BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- The NYPD has made 40 arrests following Saturday's pro-Palestinian rally in Brooklyn.

Video from the demonstration shows police forcing one of the protesters to the ground and restraining him before taking him away.
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The rally was held near the Bay Ridge Avenue subway station.

Organizers from 'Within Our Lifetime" called it the "Flood Brooklyn for Gaza Rally."
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Last week, police arrested 150 pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the Manhattan Bridge and in Brooklyn.

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