MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Police said they have arrested two protesters at a rally in support of Palestine being held outside the Miami Beach Convention Center, as people from all over the world descend on South Florida to take part in Art Basel Miami Beach.
7News cameras captured a woman as Miami Beach Police officers placed her in handcuffs and took her into custody, late Friday afternoon.
Demonstrators were seen chanting “let Palestine live” as they held signs and waved Palestine flags at the front entrance and exit of the convention center, located at 19th Street and Convention Center Drive.
The protest, organized by local artists and youth groups, aimed to call for an immediate stop to the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Dozens of people gathered peacefully outside the convention center, as police officers stood nearby and supervised people who came in and out.
The woman who was detained was placed in a prisoner transport van. Another protester was apprehended as well.
Police said one of the two people who were arrested faces charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence, and the second person faces a charge of resisting arrest without violence.
The convention center is one of the central hubs during Art Basel, which takes place this weekend and is scheduled to wrap up on Sunday.
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