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NYC virus lockdown protest leader arrested on riot charge

| October 12, 2020 6:06 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — A leader of protests against new coronavirus restrictions in Brooklyn has been arrested on charges of inciting people to riot and unlawful imprisonment of a journalist who was chased and trapped by a crowd, police said.

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