The New York Police Department (NYPD) on Sunday made 10 arrests following a violent anti-Trump demonstration on the sidewalk at West 24th Street and 10th Avenue, Manhattan, New York Post reported.

The protests began at the Chelsea Neighbourhood in Manhattan in the afternoon as a video captured by The Post shows the cops shoving protesters and blocking their path.

Daily News reported that the leader of the Black Lives Matter protest- Hawk Newsome was among the people arrested.

“Stop! Stop pushing me!” one protester shouts as police barricaded the street.

A clip shot by The Post shows protesters hurling insults at cops.

“It’s f–king New York City. There are people getting f–king raped and murdered,” one protester taunts. “Go fight real crime, you f–king pathetic p–sies.”

The NYPD reported that five people were issued summons for disorderly conduct, three were charged with disorderly conduct or obstruction and released, and one was charged with obstruction and resisting arrest, according to New York Post. Two others were in custody but charges were pending.

A 38-year-old man from the Columbia University, as per identification and a 27-year-old California man recorded the incident, claiming for it to be a documentary. They did not have any press credentials.

The NYPD tried to draw a distinction between journalists and those it officially recognises through the issuance of a press pass.

“All arrested individuals from today’s protests have been verified to not be NYPD credentialed members of the press,” the department said on twitter.

Anti-Trump demonstrators had gathered at Madison Square Park to confront pro-Trump caravans crisscrossing the New York region ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election.