Police officer wearing an NYPD badge. - Susan Watts/New York Daily News/TNS
NEW YORK — A Manhattan man who tangled with anti-Drag Story Hour protesters at a Midtown library was arrested after a confrontation with a cop, police said Sunday. Chase Catapano, 28, can be seen on video ripping a “Leave Our Kids Alone” sign out of the hands of one of the protesters at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on Fifth Avenue at West 40th Street. “You’re a f—ing disgrace, a f—ing disgrace,” he yells, video posted to Twitter shows. Moments later, a plain-clothed cop can be seen putting a finger to Catapano’s chest. Catapano then hits the cop in the chest before the officer leads...
