NEW YORK — Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov was arrested early Friday for showing up to a pro-Palestine protest with a handgun, triggering a barrage of criticism from her colleagues and other elected officials across New York. The pistol-packing Republican, who represents Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay and other nearby neighborhoods, was seen in photos and videos with the gun clipped to her waistband while at the Thursday demonstration at Brooklyn College’s Flatbush campus. NYPD officials told the Daily News that police contacted Vernikov after the protest and told her to turn herself in on...
