Police: Eight arrested following disturbance after Pro-Palestine demonstration in Downtown Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — Eight demonstrators were arrested Saturday during a Pro-Palestine demonstration at Lake Eola.

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At approximately 4:00 p.m., 20 individuals met at Lake Eola for a Pro-Palestine demonstration.

The demonstration was monitored by Orlando Police department bike units.

At 5:15 p.m. the demonstration ended peacefully, according to OPD.

Around 5:30 p.m., the bike officers responded to a disturbance near Publixon East Central Blvd.

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When police arrived they found demonstrators in an argument with a person of opposing views.

As officers attempted to separate the two parties, a member of the Pro-Palestine demonstration group lunged toward an OPD officer and the opposing citizen in a physically threatening manner.

Officers arrested the man, along with seven other demonstrators who attempted to interfere with the arrest, and charged them with multiple charges, including disorderly conduct, battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence.

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