▁a ▁low - f lying ▁police ▁hel ic opter . ▁Muhammad ▁alleg es ▁that ▁was ▁the ▁signal ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁police ▁in ▁ri ot ▁g ear , ▁including ▁some ▁mounted ▁on ▁horse back , ▁to ▁come ▁in ▁and ▁dis per se ▁the ▁crowd . ▁In ▁response , ▁Muhammad ▁ex h orted ▁the ▁r ally ▁participants ▁to ▁attack ▁the ▁on coming ▁police , ▁to ▁beat ▁them ▁with ▁rails , ▁and ▁to ▁shoot ▁them ▁with ▁their ▁own ▁guns . ▁Do z ens ▁were ▁arrested , ▁and ▁ 3 0 ▁officers ▁and ▁five ▁civ ili ans ▁were ▁injured . ▁Mayor ▁Giul iani ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁march ▁turned ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁precisely ▁what ▁he ▁predicted , ▁" filled ▁with ▁hat red , ▁hor rible , ▁awful , ▁v icious , ▁anti - S emit ic ▁and ▁other ▁anti - white ▁r het or ic , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁ex h ort ations ▁to ▁kill ▁people , ▁murder ▁people ▁... ▁the ▁speech es ▁given ▁today ▁should ▁not ▁occur ▁[ at ] ▁any ▁place ." ▁In ▁subsequent ▁activ ism , ▁Muhammad ▁conven ed ▁a ▁second ▁march ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁Muhammad ' s ▁belief s ▁were ▁introduced ▁to ▁a ▁completely ▁new ▁dem ographic ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁contest ants ▁on ▁the ▁American ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ▁television ▁show ▁Big ▁Bro ther , ▁William ▁Collins ▁( H ir am ▁Ash ante e ), ▁was ▁a ▁follow er ▁of ▁his