Baltimore has been the scene of near-nightly protests ever since the April 19 death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who is believed to have been fatally injured while in police custody.
However, the most dramatic protests Wednesday night happened in New York City, where a group of activists started an illegal march. According to the New York Post, more than 120 protesters were arrested by police officers trying to maintain order on the streets.
Activists started gathering after 5pm in New York's Union Square, and quickly grew to more than 1,000. All the while, police warned over loud speakers that they would start making arrests if the group moved out of the park.
Cops followed through on that threat when defiant leaders of the group started moving the masses onto the street - blocking traffic during the city's rush hour.
Despite initial clashes with cops, the protest re-grouped several blocks to the west where they started marching northbound on the sidewalk of a major highway. Police appear to have left the protesters pretty much alone, escorting them on their march and only intervening when they stepped out into the streets.
At one point, the group formed a line at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel on the city's west side
- one of the major exits off the island to New Jersey.
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