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It was just another night of protests in Manhattan — with one naked reveler dancing in a fountain and wary outdoor diners watching, forks in the air, as a procession of some 300 marchers file past.
The night’s festivities began with a combination Black Lives Matter protest and “Donald Trump is Over” dance party at Washington Square Park.
“The people are calling it!” impatient Joe Biden fans asserted in online ads for the event.
In what may have been some kind of political statement, one attendee doffed his clothes and jumped into the park’s fountain, where he danced around shouting, “I’m Nevada!”
The revelers left the park at around 9:30 p.m. and meandered through the neighborhoods of the Lower East Side and Greenwich Village, cursing the police, Donald Trump and Joe Biden along the way.
The night had none of the violence of previous nights, such as on Wednesday, when three female protesters were arrested on charges they punched and kicked cops, and Thursday when a man allegedly tried to strangle an officer with a length of chain.
Instead, Friday night’s group wound up in Chelsea, where many of the protesters did the Cha-Cha Slide across 23rd Street before dispersing without incident.
Some stragglers back at Washington Square were rousted by police after the park’s midnight closing; there was at least one arrest, police said.
Additional reporting by Larry Celona
