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spontaneous decision from the protesters to march. they had gathered here for about an hour anderson in a very peaceful demonstration, holding signs, chanting speaking to one another. >> and then they decided to hit the streets. they got a half block outside the park heading west on 17th street and that's when they were intercepted by officers who forced them back to on the sidewalk. those who would not listen to police not clear out of the street and get on the sidewalk we saw them put in hand ties and taken away. this might be surprising to some people who have seen a number of protests in this city over the last couple months most remarkably back over the winter months when we saw hundreds if not thousands of people taking to the streets to protest after the death of eric garner. you may remember we did see some arrests at that time. but we didn't see them instantly. it seems the tactic the nypd was employing at that time was to allow people the space to get into the streets if they chose to to express the passions they had decided to express at the time. the tactics tonight, anderson different. and they came with warning.

don't know if you can see them through the crowd, but the nypd is using to keep them on the corners. erin this started as a very peaceful protest, a large crowd, hundreds and hundreds of people just behind me back there in union square. they had gathered said this was going to be a place to express their sadness and outrage, but the nypd said they were not going to have free reign of the streets of the city tonight. as soon as people left union square park came right out here to 17th street police started pushing them back. those who resisted refused to get on the sidewalk those who refused to disperse were arrested. we think we've got maybe a couple dozen arrests. tough to keep track. we have seen a lot of people have the hand ties put on. one person being carried out of here for resisting. another person taken away in an ambulance. still a very tense situation, erin. we've got more and more nypd officers who have been brought in here. some of them wearing helmets with face masks.

demonstrate, who wanted to make themselves heard, who wanted to carry their signs. so just as soon as this crowd started to pour out of union square police intercepted them cut them off. the crowd headed from east to west. the police cut them off coming from west to east. there was the confrontation that happened right out here in the middle of 17th street. the police tried to force this crowd back to where they had come from. a lot of people again getting out of the way of police listening to police orders getting on the sidewalk. you did see a few people who are put in those hand ties who have been arrested now. we're told they're going to be charged with disorderly conduct. >> thank you very much, we'll check back in as more develops. these protests in solidarity with baltimore and other cities one of them being in new york. the white house doubling down standing by the president's controversial comments calling those who are engaging in riots and looting in baltimore thugs. here's white house spokesman josh earnest today. >> no i don't think the president would in any way

the department of justice. no statement from either of them. let's go to athena jones, also in the streets of baltimore. athena what are you seeing, what are you witnessing? >> reporter: hi jake. where we are right now is on north monroe. this is the same street that the church was on. the church that held the funeral service for freddie gray today, less than a mile away. this is is a sad situation. we just witnessed someone being arrested here. those hand ties put on him. we flow at least one other arrest in this immediate vicinity. we also know about the seven police officers who were injured including one who is we're told unresponsive. i want to show you some things thrown. this looks like a piece of a shelf of some sort. heavy objects like a canister a rusted out paint canister and even this which looks to be a connection between two pipes. it's very, very heavy, jake. the kinds of projectiles being thrown at police and in our