A drag queen story hour for children held inside the New York Public Library on Saturday night resulted in authorities arresting a man for shoving an NYPD detective monitoring the situation after clashing with several protestors boycotting the event.

Local independent media captured 28-year-old Chase Catapano of Manhattan shouting obscenities and making insulting gestures at a group of protesters known as the Guardians of Divinity inside the Midtown branch of the second-largest public library in the United States, which hosted the “Drag Story Hour” for children between the ages of three and nine years old.

“Get the f*** outta here! You’re a f***ing disgrace,” Catapano repeated a few times while ripping one of the male protestor’s signs that read “‘leave our kids alone” from his hands before throwing the property back toward the crowd and walking in the opposite direction.

The crowd followed Catapano.

“Go ahead,” one protestor responded. “Take the first shot.”

At that point, the large plain-clothed New York Police Department detective intervened, pressing his hand against the small-statured agitator in the middle of the crowd of demonstrators.

Catapano quickly pushed the detective’s hand from him.

“I don’t give a f*** who you are,” Catapano can be heard saying in the video.

“You better watch who you’re touching,” one protestor said. “He’s an officer.”

“That’s an officer fool!” another protestor added.

A man was arrested for assaulting a police officer at New York Public Library in Manhattan during a protest after a heated argument with protesters over Drag Story Hour #news #nypd #nyc #Police pic.twitter.com/THSruI27l1

— NJEG Media (@NJEGmedia) December 10, 2022

Drag queen story hour events have recently popped up n bookstores and libraries nationwide, drawing staunch criticism from parents and protestors.

The Daily Mail reported parents and library staffers were huddled around the drag queens with objects barring the doors shut to keep the event space private, which was described to children as a “trans and gender non-conforming rainbow unicorn princex.”

Staffers wrote the event was to “celebrate gender diversity and all forms of difference to build empathy and give kids the confidence to express themselves, however they feel comfortable.”

Video footage showed one member of the Guardians of Divinity saying he was proud of shutting down the Drag Story Hour event early.

“They’re using our taxpayer dollars to fund this,” the unnamed man said, according to NJEG Media. “As taxpayers, we have a right to say where our money goes — this is a public library. We went in there, and we protest at the drag story, and we shut it down early,” he added. “It was a big success.”

A protester speaks about why they are trying to shut down Drag Queen Story Hour at New York Public Library. #NYC pic.twitter.com/DfOKmAeZI8

— NJEG Media (@NJEGmedia) December 11, 2022

Police reported that Catapano was not attending the drag queen event or involved with the protestors.

Catapano appeared later in the video, struggling with officers arresting him in a stairwell until authorities put him in handcuffs and escorted him out of the building.

The Daily Mail reported police said Catapano faces charges of disorderly conduct, harassment, attempted assault, and obstructing governmental administration for attacking the on-duty officer.

Before Saturday’s run-in with law enforcement, the Daily Mail reported Catapano was cited for criminal contempt in the second degree after apparently disobeying a court order barring him from a property in Staten Island in 2018. Two years later, authorities arrested him again in Long Island for misdemeanor aggravated harassment.

Catapano has not received a court date yet.

NASA’s Orion capsule has successfully landed in a splashdown off the Mexican island of Guadalupe after nearly 26 days of travel to the Moon and back.

The voyage was part of Artemis I, a series of missions developing human exploration of the Moon and Mars.

Splashdown! 🪂💦@NASA_Orion has returned, concluding the nearly 26-day #Artemis I mission that took Orion from @NASAKennedy's Launch Pad 39B to a record-breaking 268,563 miles from Earth, into lunar orbit then landing safely in the Pacific Ocean.

Congrats, Orion! Go Artemis! pic.twitter.com/b4gY3pgwyl

— Boeing Space (@BoeingSpace) December 11, 2022

The Orion spacecraft separated from its service module at 11:00 a.m. CT in preparation for return to the Earth. The service module burned up in the atmosphere upon re-entry, while Orion descended over the Pacific Ocean in a parachute-guided splashdown.

“Parachute deployment begins at an altitude of about five miles with three small parachutes pulling the forward bay covers away,” NASA explained in a press release. “Once the forward bay cover separates, two drogue parachutes will slow and stabilize the crew module for main parachute deployment. At an altitude of 9,500 feet and a spacecraft speed of 130 mph, three pilot parachutes will lift and deploy the main parachutes to slow Orion to a landing speed that ensures astronaut safety for crewed missions.”

After landing in the ocean, the module was expected to undergo testing and be transported to the U.S. Naval Base San Diego for inspection. A post-mission news conference is scheduled for later on Sunday.

On December 5, Orion completed its final moon fly-by before beginning its return to Earth. Before the final passing of the lunar surface, Orion traveled around the Moon on a trip longer than any spacecraft designed to carry humans has flown. The full trip surpassed more than 1.3 million miles.

As The Daily Wire previously reported, NASA’s Orion spacecraft headed toward the Moon in the first lunar rocket launch since the last Apollo mission 50 years ago.

The Artemis I mission launched the Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, in an uncrewed flight at 1:47 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, November 16, from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

“What an incredible sight to see NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft launch together for the first time. This uncrewed flight test will push Orion to the limits in the rigors of deep space, helping us prepare for human exploration on the Moon and, ultimately, Mars,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said following the successful liftoff.

The Artemis project has been in preparation for more than a decade as NASA seeks to return humans to the Moon.

Artemis II, scheduled for 2024, is the next step in NASA’s plan to send humans in a spaceflight around the Moon in 2024. Artemis III, slated for 2025, is expected to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon’s surface.

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