Police Charge Man Who Scaled Union Square Statue for ‘World Peace’

Police charge man who scaled Union Square statue for ‘world peace’

Police had an hours-long standoff in Union Square on Thursday night after a man scaled a statue during a pro-Palestine protest before demanding world peace. According to police sources, 39-year-old Maksim Katsnelson scaled the George Washington statue in the East Village park at around 8 p.m. He did not appear to be affiliated with a crowd of protesters who had marched to the green space. Scaling the 26-foot monument and perching himself on the…

Pro-Palestine protester scales statue in Union Square, removed by cops

A Pro-Palestine march from Brooklyn to Manhattan ended with seven protesters arrested, according to a police source — and the removal of one man who had scaled a statue of George Washington. Protesters with the group Within Our Lifetime gathered at Cadman Plaza West in downtown Brooklyn around 4 p.m. before marching across the Brooklyn Bridge to their final destination at Union Square, where they arrived around 7 p.m. About 500 people were still…