Republican Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov was arrested Friday after she allegedly brought a firearm to a pro-Palestinian rally.
Vernikov, 39, was reportedly seen “with the butt-end of a firearm protruding from the front portion of her pants.”
The Jewish councilwoman, who has spoken out against pro-Palestinian supporters, was in attendance on the campus of CUNY’s Brooklyn College.
The councilwoman shared a video of herself outside the protest on X Thursday afternoon.
“If you’re standing w/ the protestors, yelling ‘GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA’ & ‘FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE’ while innocent women and babies are being raped, massacred and beheaded, you’re a HAMAS supporter & apologist who would like to bring the terror here to rid the world of the Jewish people,” she wrote.
From The New York Post:
She turned herself in to the 70th Precinct with her lawyer shortly before 3 a.m. Friday. She surrendered her gun and her firearm permit and was not processed but instead given a desk appearance ticket, they noted.