NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Protesters toppled over a mobile COVID-19 testing site as the group walked through Union Square Monday to reject COVID-19 vaccines and mandates.
The group, marching through East 14th Street and Union Square, was captured in a video shared on Twitter showing protesters heckle and knock over the van's tent, a table and chairs as cops soon intervened.
The New York Daily News spoke with Linda Lopez, who was testing patients the moment protesters acted out.
"I first realized it when they started pounding on the side of the van," said Lopez, who conducts tests for New Jersey-based testing site, Infinity. "They just ran up and turned over our table. They also overturned our tent. They were saying everything we were doing was b---s---, that COVID was b---s--- and vaccinations are bad."
Lopez said this was the first time they were "attacked," though the site had previously been messed with before.
"We were right in the middle of testing people. Other people came and protected us. They said ‘Thank you, thank you for this.'"
She said people were allowed to think differently, but not allowed to act out.
"What we do is important, it's necessary," Lopez said.
The NYPD said no arrests were made after this incident.