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NY Post- Police clashed with an unruly mob of protesters in Lower Manhattan Wednesday night as demonstrators created carnage, set a fire in the street and one even spat directly in the face of an officer.
The confrontations resulted in the arrests of 20 people after a peaceful protest in Washington Square Park took a violent turn once they worked their way through the West Village after 7:30 p.m.
Earlier “Count The Vote” chants were replaced with anti-police sentiments, inexplicable outbursts at outdoor diners and the setting of rubbish fires.
First, two people clad in black ignited a Joe Biden campaign sign, leading to a round of applause, before others later taunted patrons at Jeffrey’s Grocery in West Village.