OAN Staff Blake Wolf
5:46 PM – Friday, November 22, 2024
According to a joint threat assessment obtained by authorities, authorities are assessing and paying close attention to both foreign and domestic threats regarding the upcoming 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. ABC News.
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The assessment, investigated by the FBI and New York City Police Department, found that threats “emanate from lone offenders and small groups of individuals intent on committing acts of violence.”
“The 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade event will provide a wide range of potential soft targets for attack, but the most crowded areas, especially designated viewing areas, will likely cause mass casualties.” “It will be the most vulnerable location for attack,” the assessment read.
It added that assessments are continuing and that there is no “specific, actionable threat” at this time. But it also revealed that authorities were concerned about “vehicle ramming” around crowded parades, which “has become a tactic repeatedly employed by threat actors.”
In response, the NYPD has decided to deploy “blocker vehicles” such as sanitation trucks and other large barricades along parade entrances to prevent potential “bad guys” from breaking into the barricades. I'm planning.
During last year's parade, pro-Palestinian protesters tried to disrupt the parade by sticking their hands on the ground along the parade route, prompting officials to say “bad actors were trying to block people from entering and leaving the public.'' “We remain concerned that there may be attempts to undermine the safety of the public.” Paths, roadways, and major transportation locations around the event. ”
The upcoming parade is expected to draw about 2 million spectators and will begin on Manhattan's Upper West Side and follow a 3.5-mile-long route.
The parade will also feature 17 character balloons including Minnie Mouse and Spider-Man, 22 floats, 11 marching bands and 10 performance groups.
This year's new floats include Haribo's Candy Cosmos, Nickelodeon's Dora's Fantastic Rainforest, Disney Cruise Line's Magic Meets the Seas, Netflix's Wednesday's Feast, Rao's Homemade Pasta Night, Go Bowling's Strike Again, Includes Wonderful World of. Wildlife at the Bronx Zoo.
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