Violence broke out at a New York hotel Thursday afternoon when protesters disrupted a speech by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
As The New York Times reports, in the middle of Mr. Erdogan’s speech, delivered in Turkish, a man — one of a handful of protesters — screamed in English: "You’re a terrorist. Get out of my country!"
Videos showed the protesters being punched and slapped by several attendees as security personnel removed them from the room. Security also removed at least one person who had assaulted the protesters.