Pro-Palestine protesters took to San Francisco’s Union Square yesterday (23 December), where one person was spotted climbing the iconic 83-foot Christmas tree.
Carrying a ‘No Christmas as usual in a genocide’ sign and the country’s flag, the person almost made it to the top, as members of the public stood and filmed.
It has not been made public if the protester was arrested.
However, the group that organised the demonstration later confirmed that during the course of the protest, six people were arrested in total.
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San Francisco man scaled an 83-footChristmas tree in Union Square to hang a Palestinian flag and protest sign, nearly falling off.
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A group of pro-Palestinian supporters gathered outside the San Francisco County Jail on Saturday night to demand the release of people arrested in Union Square earlier in the day, a spokesperson for the group said at about 9:30 p.m.
Pro-Palestinian protesters took over Union Square in San Francisco on Saturday and an unknown number of people were arrested, according to San Francisco police.
Members of the Bay Area Palestinian Youth Movement organization called for supporters to gather outside of 850 Bryant St., the site of the jail.
