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In Brooklyn, the protests that have filled the streets over the last few weeks,

have often coalesced in front of a sports arena, Barclay Center.

Especially in the first few days of protest, the Plaza Outfront would fill up,

usually in the afternoon, with people carrying signs and chanting slogans.

All kinds of people, white, black, kids, adults, elected officials ended up here too.

New York State Senator Zelmer Myri wound up at Barclays back in May.

He said he was there because he's a black man, but he was also hoping to keep the crowd calm.

I remember trying to pick the attire that I was going to wear,

and very intentionally choosing my neon yellow green shirt with my name and title on the back,

in case things escalated and hoping to be a force of de-escalation if things were to take that course.

So it was all good until about 8 p.m. when the cops started to move people away from the protest,

and they started to do it forcefully.

This was before there was any kind of curfew in New York.

And I remember obeying the orders.

In fact, I was talking to some of the other protesters saying let's move back,

let's not have a confrontation here, and while doing that, I started getting hit in my back

with the bicycles that some of the officers had in their hands.

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