NEW YORK CITY -- A giant banner with an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the word "peacemaker" has been unfurled from a New York City bridge.
The banner was spotted hanging from the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge on Thursday.
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Witnesses told the New York Post they saw two people unfurl the banner at about 1:45 p.m. Police say officers removed it about an hour later.
The bridge crosses the East River and connects lower Manhattan with downtown Brooklyn.
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Police are investigating. There have been no arrests.
AP
A banner bearing an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin showing him with a Russian and Syrian flag as backdrop and labeling him a "peacemaker" hangs from the Manhattan Bridge (Nathan Tempey/Gothamist.com via AP)