Two people were arrested during a second wave of protests at Trump Tower on Tuesday, police said.
Roughly 500 demonstrators gathered around the building and faced off with about two dozen Trump supporters. At 9:30 p.m., a protester walked up to someone in the pro-Trump camp and punched him in the face as the victim chanted at those opposed to Trump. Cops quickly arrested the attacker.
One person busted during the demonstrations faces an assault charge while the other faces one count of obstructing governmental administration.
Police Commissioner James O’Neill said cops had “no major issues, no major problems” at Monday night’s anti-Trump protests, which drew thousands to Manhattan.
“We had a pretty large detail in place,” O’Neill said. “By and large, we only had a couple of arrests. It went well.”
Thousands of protesters rallied Monday outside Trump Tower, Grand Army Plaza and Columbus Circle, and three people were arrested.
One of those busted, Moses Hoskins, 64, rejected a time-served plea offer at his arraignment Tuesday.
“The situation is so horrifying,'” said Hoskins, an artist who lives in Astoria, Queens. He called demonstrating necessary, and said sitting out would show “passive complicity.”
“This is horrifying. Do we really want to have four years of that?”
Hoskins, who faces disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing governmental administration charges, is due back in court Oct. 4.
Among the crowds Tuesday night was documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and and actor Mark Ruffalo.
Moore bused a convoy of audience members from his Broadway show “The Terms of My Surrender” to Trump Tower to protest.
With News Wire Services
With Nicole Hensley
