NEW YORK - Protestors faced off Friday in midtown Manhattan near a local police station.
The People's Power Assembly, a group that empowers oppressed groups, were on one side. Pro-NYPD protesters were on the other.
The protest was sparked by video from last Friday night that captured a brawl between right-wing group "The Proud Boys" and "Antifa," an anti-fascist group, following a speech that night by Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes at the Metropolitan Republican Club on the Upper East Side. The club was also vandalized before the speech.
Police arrested three protesters involved in a separate confrontation outside the club, but the lack of immediate arrests of any Proud Boys members launched criticism of the NYPD's handling of the event.