Leader of Hamas-cheering radical activist group Manolo De Los Santos arrested by NYPD at FIT encampment
NY Post
The head of a Hamas-cheering radical activist group was among the 50 protesters arrested when cops thwarted unruly demonstrations in Manhattan and cleared out an anti-Israel encampment at the Fashion Institute of Technology overnight, The Post has learned.
Manolo De Los Santos, 35, was spotted being cuffed and hauled away by two NYPD officers in riot helmets as protesters marched through the streets towards the West 27th Street campus on Tuesday evening.
A shouting De Los Santos, who had a Palestinian scarf draped around his neck, was slapped with a summons for disorderly conduct after being nabbed in the vicinity of West 14th Street.
Police started monitoring the FIT encampment roughly two hours before they eventually swooped in and arrested more than two dozen.
Cops moved in roughly 10 minutes after warning those who failed to vacate the Chelsea campus that they would be charged with trespassing.
In total, police cuffed 50 protesters during Tuesday’s unrest, law enforcement sources said.
