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Nearly a dozen people protesting were arrested in Chelsea on Sunday afternoon.

Police said that at approximately 1 p.m., specialized units from the Strategic Response Group unit responded to a large group of protesters at W 24th Street and 10th Avenue.

According to the NYPD, 11 protesters refused to comply with orders and disperse and were arrested.

Five individuals were issued criminal court summonses and released, and four people were issued desk appearance tickets and released. Two others two were taken to Manhattan Central Booking for unknown charges.

Police said that no officers were injured while handling the arrests.

User video showed a large number of police units at the intersection. Police officers, some with bicycles, blocked W 24th Street.

[Reports](https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-protest-trump-caravan-arrests-20201101-2qwjutluffe3hdge454jeqblsa-story.html) state the protesters were anticipating a pro-Trump caravan in the area.

Hawk Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter New York Chapter, was among those arrested. “Police were out roughing people up to protect Trump supporters,” he wrote on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CHEpagNlwlh/).

“They kick you out the street then they try to beat you off the sidewalk,” he added.

The NYPD wrote on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1323006419680067586) that all arrested individuals were verified not to be “NYPD credentialed” journalists, amid social media posts that members of the press were arrested.

Eleven Protesters Arrested in Chelsea

A Citizen user video shows hundreds of people and a dozen police at the scene.

Officers on scene report that they've made multiple arrests.