A protester wearing devil horns and holding a crucifix tore pages from a Bible outside New York City Hall during demonstrations marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Video clips circulating on social media showed the person, described in reports as a transgender performance artist, dressed in women’s lingerie while opening a Bible, commenting on its weight and then ripping out pages and tossing them to the ground. Police officers could be seen standing nearby during the display.

The incident occurred during a counter-protest organized in response to a separate anti-Islam demonstration at the same location.

At one point, the protester began reading aloud from Micah 5:10: “‘In that day,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will destroy your horses from among you and demolish your chariots. I will destroy the cities of your land and tear down all your strongholds.'”

LifeSiteNews identified the individual as Qween Amor, a transgender performance artist known for provocative public demonstrations in New York City. The outlet noted, however, that the person’s identity had not been independently confirmed.

Videos of the Bible-tearing quickly spread online, drawing criticism from social media users who described the display as disrespectful, while others dismissed it as an attempt to attract attention.

“Is this what we call ‘free speech’??? People just being batshit crazy in public?” one commenter wrote.

Another suggested the demonstration was designed to generate social media engagement, writing, “Just trying to get likes on her TikTok. There are many on TikTok that do outrageous, disrespectful stuff.”

“Attention seeker at its finest,” another user commented, calling the display disrespectful.

The provocative use of both a Bible and a crucifix added a religious dimension to demonstrations taking place on a solemn anniversary for New York City and the nation.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks after al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes. Two planes struck the World Trade Center towers in New York, another hit the Pentagon, and a fourth crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers and crew members fought back against the hijackers.

Twenty-five years later, memorial events across the country honored those who were killed and the first responders who risked — and in many cases sacrificed — their lives that day.