When an unmarked Kia minivan screeched to a stop near protesters marching in Manhattan on Tuesday evening, the demonstrators’ surprise swiftly gave way to alarm. Several New York Police Department officers wearing T-shirts and shorts spilled out of the van and grabbed one of the protesters, dragging her toward the vehicle, according to videos filmed by bystanders.

There is no excuse for snatching women off the street and throwing them into unmarked vans.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio scolded the city’s police force Wednesday after a protester was arrested by plainclothes officers driving an unmarked minivan, an incident that went viral on social media and drew comparisons to the widely condemned tactics used by federal authorities who clashed with demonstrators in Portland, Ore.

"The New York Police Department confirmed that its officers had used an unmarked van in the arrest, adding that the woman who was taken into custody was wanted for damaging police cameras."

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