At one point during the demonstrations, a Trump supporter attempted to rip the other side's banner, prompting police to step in.

Dozens of Donald Trump supporters demonstrated outside the courthouse where the former 

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president is due to be arraigned on criminal charges Tuesday, as a handful of vocal counterprotestors shouted an anti-fascist message. 

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Members of the New York Police Department community affairs division stepped in to the fray as the pro-Trump side  

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many sporting familiar "MAGA" hats and attire emblazoned with the American flag --  

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yelled slurs at their opposition. But it was the crush of reporters taking up most of the space outside

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Manhattan's criminal court ahead of the unprecedented indictment of a US president at a 2:15 pm (1815 GMT) hearing. 

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