NEW YORK — A protest in New York City against a library Drag Queen Story Hour event spilled over to the apartment building of a city council member, where two demonstrators were arrested after allegedly breaking into the lobby, according to police.
The incident Monday evening unfolded at the Manhattan apartment building of Councilman Erik Bottcher and marked the latest in a string of violent episodes to erupt across the nation over the events in which drag queens read to children.
During the demonstration outside Bottcher's home around 5 p.m. Monday, two women allegedly stormed inside the lobby and were quickly arrested by police officers who were on hand monitoring the protest, authorities said. The protests began on Saturday during the Drag Queen Story Hour event at the Heiskell library. Bottcher, who represents the Chelsea neighborhood and attended the story hour session, posted a cellphone video he took of demonstrators holding signs,"STOP THE NONSENSE THERE ARE ONLY 2 GENDERS" and"STOP GROOMING KIDS FOR SEX."
Many of the incidents followed the Nov. 19 Colorado Springs shooting, where five people were killed and many more injured when an LGBTQ bar that hosts drag shows was attacked. The alleged perpetrator, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, is facing 305 charges, including first-degree murder, attempted murder and bias-motivated crimes.
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