The arrests at Councilmember Erik Bottcher’s Manhattan apartment followed multiple days of demonstrations, with protesters espousing right wing homophobic conspiracy theories, first heckling visitors at a Chelsea library on Saturday.
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations’ protesters were arrested for trespassing inside Councilmember Erik Bottcher’s Manhattan apartment building Monday night and vandalizing his sidewalk, police confirmed.
The arrests at Bottcher’s home followed multiple days of demonstrations, with protesters espousing right wing, first heckling visitors to the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in Chelsea on Saturday, where the popular children’s reading series ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ was scheduled. By Monday afternoon, the attacks were more personal towards Bottcher, who is gay. A group first entered into the building on West 30th Street where his district office is and vandalized the walls with the word “Bitcher.”
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