India, March 11 -- A photo of New York Police Department officer Aaron Edwards has gone viral amid the protest in front of Gracie Mansion, the official residence of city's mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Edwards was seen jumping a barricade to tackle a suspect, who had thrown an improvised device into the crowd as protesters led by Jan 6 activist, Jake Lang, and counter-protesters clashed there.

"Some heroes wear capes - Chief Aaron Edwards wears blue," the caption read. The post has over 13 million views at the time of writing.

Edwards tackled Balat,18, who was about to throw another of the devices he got from Ibrahim Kayumi, 19. Balat was tackled to the ground and the entire incident was caught on video.

While Edwards was doing the tackling, ...