Earth Week climate protest outside Citigroup headquarters leads to arrests in Tribeca section of Manhattan in New York City [Video]

TRIBECA, Manhattan (WABC) — NYPD officers have arrested a number of demonstrators at an Earth Week climate protest outside the global headquarters of Citigroup in Tribeca.

A large number of NYPD officers were outside the building well before the demonstrators arrived.

And when they did, the situation quickly heated up quickly.

Activists were full of passion as they raised their voices, chanted and beat drums.

A number of them held a large sign outside that said, “Stop funding fossil fuels.”

Organizers describe themselves as part of a growing movement to increase pressure on big banks to stop funding the fossil fuel industry that they say is responsible for driving the climate crisis.

Police warned the activists that they would be removed as they flooded the entrance of the Citigroup building.

A short time later, they moved in and started arresting multiple participants.

Eyewitness News spoke with one man named Alec as he was about …