NEW YORK - Several local lawmakers are demanding answers from the NYPD after video shows officers arresting a transgender woman and placing her in an unmarked police van during a protest.Nicholas Stone, 18, was arrested Tuesday on East 25th Street in Manhattan during a protest of 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.Stone was one of 12 protesters arrested on Manhattan's East Side.
She is charged with criminal mischief and making graffiti stemming from five different incidents in June and July. She was released after midnight with a desk appearance.