A man who confronted a group of anti-Drag Story Hour protesters at a Manhattan library Saturday afternoon was arrested after slapping an undercover officer who was monitoring the demonstration, police said.
The man was identified as 28-year-old Chase Catapano.
“You’re a f***** disgrace,” Catapano says, grabbing a sign. “That’s an officer fool,” another man says, as Catapano and a larger man square off in the video.
An undercover, on-duty NYPD Community Affairs detective can be seen in the below video trying to break up the dispute.
Catapano was charged with obstructing governmental administration, attempted assault, menacing, disorderly conduct and harassment.
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A New York City man was arrested Saturday after he clashed with a police officer during a dispute with anti-Drag Story Hour protesters at a public library, according to police and a local report.
Chase Catapano, 28, was at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library in midtown Manhattan during a scheduled protest inside the library when a verbal dispute erupted between him and protesters, police said.
Video of the incident posted on Twitter shows a man yelling “You’re a f—ing disgrace, a f—ing disgrace” at protesters. The protesters can be heard shouting insults back at the man.
An on-duty NYPD Community Affairs detective in plain clothes identified himself and tried to break up the dispute, police said.
But Catapano allegedly became aggressive and slapped the detective’s hand.
“You better watch who you’re touching, that’s an officer!” one protester yells in the video. “That’s an officer, fool!”
Why is it so very important to these people that children be sexualized in this manner? In this case, Mr. Catapano’s passion for the sexualization of children drove him to become physically violent and attack those he believed to disagree with the practice.
