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NYPD ‘army’ for protests
By CHUCK BENNETT, CARL CAMPANILE and LARRY CELONA
Last Updated: 7:18 AM, September 10, 2010
Posted: 5:27 AM, September 10, 2010
Comments: 17 More Print The NYPD has called up “an army of cops” to handle rival protests expected to draw thousands to the site of the planned Ground Zero mosque on the anniversary of 9/11, sources said yesterday.
“We want to keep everyone in their corners. You don’t want the opposing sides to clash,” an NYPD official told The Post. “All eyes are going to be on New York City that day. No one wants to see a fight on Sept. 11.”
With as many as 4,000 riled-up demonstrators expected to pack into two blocks of Park Place between West Broadway and Broadway – the site of the proposed mosque – the department is sparing no expense to keep the peace, the official said.
“There’ll be an army of cops down there,” the official said, estimating the number of officers at several hundred.
The dueling rallies – to be held tomorrow, on the ninth anniversary of the terror attacks – will pit mosque supporters against those who believe that the site shouldn’t be so close to Ground Zero.
The demonstrators will square off on opposite sides of Park Place, the site of the controversial Park51 center, after 9/11 commemorations conclude at noon in nearby Zuccotti Park, off Liberty Street.
But no matter where they stand on the mosque issue, some people questioned the appropriateness of protesting on Sept. 11.
“My own view – irrespective how you feel about the mosque – I don’t think you have it that day. It’s totally disrespectful,” said Tom Acquaviva, 70, of Wayne, NJ, who lost his son, Paul, 29, an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald, in the attack.
But Pamela Geller, a founder of Stop Islamization of America, which is organizing the anti-mosque rally, said 9/11 family members have begged her to soldier on
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By CHUCK BENNETT, CARL CAMPANILE and LARRY CELONA
Last Updated: 7:18 AM, September 10, 2010
Posted: 5:27 AM, September 10, 2010
Comments: 17 More Print The NYPD has called up “an army of cops” to handle rival protests expected to draw thousands to the site of the planned Ground Zero mosque on the anniversary of 9/11, sources said yesterday.
“We want to keep everyone in their corners. You don’t want the opposing sides to clash,” an NYPD official told The Post. “All eyes are going to be on New York City that day. No one wants to see a fight on Sept. 11.”
With as many as 4,000 riled-up demonstrators expected to pack into two blocks of Park Place between West Broadway and Broadway – the site of the proposed mosque – the department is sparing no expense to keep the peace, the official said.
“There’ll be an army of cops down there,” the official said, estimating the number of officers at several hundred.
The dueling rallies – to be held tomorrow, on the ninth anniversary of the terror attacks – will pit mosque supporters against those who believe that the site shouldn’t be so close to Ground Zero.
The demonstrators will square off on opposite sides of Park Place, the site of the controversial Park51 center, after 9/11 commemorations conclude at noon in nearby Zuccotti Park, off Liberty Street.
But no matter where they stand on the mosque issue, some people questioned the appropriateness of protesting on Sept. 11.
“My own view – irrespective how you feel about the mosque – I don’t think you have it that day. It’s totally disrespectful,” said Tom Acquaviva, 70, of Wayne, NJ, who lost his son, Paul, 29, an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald, in the attack.
But Pamela Geller, a founder of Stop Islamization of America, which is organizing the anti-mosque rally, said 9/11 family members have begged her to soldier on
nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/nypd_army_for_protests_GRKi9cUIam9RT8ZUayUHxM
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