At least 10 arrests were made and several police and anti-war protesters were hit with pepper spray Saturday after a confrontation turned what had been a peaceful march through midtown involving more than 100,000 demonstrators into something ugly.
The march from Times Square along Broadway was wrapping up just west of Washington Square Park shortly after 4 p.m., the march's scheduled end, when about a dozen demonstrators circled and started burning American flags, witnesses said.
Police wearing riot gear moved in and started arresting demonstrators and pushing the crowd toward Waverly Place and the park. The crowd responded by chanting "Go fight crime!" and pushing back at police. Several demonstrators threw water bottles at officers and pepper spray fire was fired. It was not immediately clear by whom.
One demonstrator, Rollo Romig, 28, of Bushwick, said police brought much of the difficulty onto themselves.
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