New York City Police Department officers arrested several pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to disrupt the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday. 

Approximately 20 protesters jumped into the parade route at W. 55th Street and Sixth Avenue, where they stopped the Ronald McDonald balloon as it was progressing through the parade, reports The New York Post, adding that they were booed by parade-goers yelling at them to get out of the way. 

Police responded quickly, putting the protesters in handcuffs as they shouted “Free Palestine while being tackled to the ground. 

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