PROTESTER QUESTIONED AFTER THREATENING TO BURN DOWN NYC DIAMOND DISTRICT

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Protester questioned after threatening to burn down NYC Diamond District--A New York City protester identifying himself as “Ace Burns” was taken into custody Saturday after he said during a live interview on Fox News that he planned to set fire to Manhattan’s Diamond District....excerpted........“Today, I’m giving a demonstration from Barclay’s Center at 6 p.m. to City Hall, and that’s the first stop — and we’re hoping [Mayor] De Blasio and [Gov.] Cuomo come out and talk to us and give the youth some direction,” he told the reporter. “But if they don’t, then [the] next stop is the Diamond District,” he said, referring to a block on Manhattan’s 47th Street known for jewelry shops. “And gasoline, thanks to Trump, is awfully cheap.....More at https://nypost.com/2020/06/07/protester-questioned-after-threatening-to-burn-down-nyc-diamond-district/

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