Three individuals burned American and Israeli flags outside the New York City consulate Wednesday, resulting in one arrest, ABC News reported.
Outside the Israeli consulate in midtown Manhattan, three people burned American and Israeli flags using an accelerant in a busy bike lane, raising safety fears for cyclists and pedestrians, according to ABC News. Authorities arrested 20-year-old Jahki Lodgson-McCray, charging him with reckless endangerment, menacing, disorderly conduct and failure to use a sidewalk.
1 arrested, 2 at large after burning American, Israeli flags outside Israeli consulate in New York: https://t.co/YZ9oyNylCG #KAKEnews
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The New York Police Department (NYPD) called the flag burning outside the Israeli consulate a dangerous act that caused bikers to swerve into traffic and endangered pedestrians.
“The flames of the flags…
