Police: Over 100 taken into custody at New York City demonstration calling for ceasefire in Gaza
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Police: Over 100 taken into custody for blocking traffic at NYC rally Police: Over 100 taken into custody for blocking traffic at NYC rally 01:11 NEW YORK -- Dozens of people were taken into custody Friday after police say they blocked traffic in Midtown during a rally and march calling for more aid for Palestinians in Gaza . Through the streets of Manhattan, from Bryant Park to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's office, demonstrators called on Congress to stop military aid to Israel . "Senators are responsible for funding, and so we have to defund Israel and the IDF because we cannot let a genocide happen on our hands," demonstrator Leah Ali s