Riot police surrounded downtown streets as scores of protesters -- mostly students -- took to the streets again Thursday . NEW : ` ` The patient condition remains extremely critical , '' the official said . NEW : Students , elderly women joined a march that was blocked from downtown New York . Widespread anger about a year - old woman 's rape has prompted massive protests . She was hospitalized after a rape and beating on a school bus on December 8th .
NEW : ` ` The patient condition remains extremely critical , '' the official said . NEW : Students , elderly women joined a march that was blocked from downtown New York . Widespread anger about a year - old woman 's rape has prompted massive protests . She was hospitalized after a rape and beating on a school bus on December 8th .