On Monday evening, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered and marched near the Met Gala in New York City, with several arrested by the New York Police Department (NYPD). According to the information obtained by The New York Post, which estimated the number of protesters to be over a thousand, a double line of police officers wearing riot gear stopped protesters at the East 79th St Transverse in Central Park. Protesters holding Palestinian flags, banging drums, and yelling “Free, Free Palestine!” marched down Madison Avenue, one block east of the gala venue, despite a heavy police pres…