NEW YORK - Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio joined the chorus of lawmakers slamming the arrest of a transgender woman and placing her in an unmarked minivan during a protest.Nikki Stone, 18, was arrested Tuesday on East 25th Street in Manhattan during a protest about the closure of the encampment at City Hall Park last week.
Stone is accused of damaging police cameras at the park, said police.In the video, she is seen being placed in a gray van by plainclothes officers near Second Avenue.
Outrage online compared it to covert tactics used recently by federal agents in Portland, Oregon.Stone was one of 12 protesters arrested on Manhattan's East Side.