Immigrant advocates and elected officials condemned the NYPD on Sunday for its heavy-handed response to anti-ICE protests in Chinatown that turned chaotic 24 hours earlier.

Standing outside the garage on Howard and Centre Streets, the advocates and group of elected officials did not pull any punches when it came to criticizing law enforcement. Murad Awawdeh, the head of the New York Immigration Coalition, charged that police brutalized protesters during the Nov. 29 demonstration.

“New Yorkers, friends, and family members were confronted by the NYPD, and then they were brutalized. Some people, randomly, were maced. Others were thrown to the ground violently for what New York City has been a sanctuary city for decades,” Awawdeh said.

Local politicians echoed Awawdeh's statements, demandin

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