For days, people have been protesting against racism and police brutality in several US cities. Now, New York Police Chief Dermot Shea has apologized for misconduct by police officers during the actions in his city.
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“In order for there to be relaxation, there must be remorse. I’m sorry. Sometimes even the best fall – and the NYPD is the best police agency in the country,” said Shea on Friday night, according to media reports.
He apologized “for our part in the lack of courtesy, discriminatory prejudice, excessive violence, unacceptable language and many other mistakes. We are human. I’m sorry.”
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Shea also emphasized that his police officers were insulted and attacked again and again while accompanying the protests and that this too had to stop. “Are you sorry too?”
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Since the death of the African American George Floyd in a brutal police operation a week and a half ago, there have been violent protests across the United States.
On Friday, thousands of people took to the streets in several parts of New York. Police helicopters circled the metropolis all night long. Many people failed to adhere to the nightly curfew, which began at 8 p.m., leading to clashes with police and arrests.
The night curfew has been in effect since Monday and initially until Sunday. However, it does not apply to systemically important professionals, stressed Mayor Bill de Blasio via Twitter after reports of the arrests of journalists and food deliverers, for example.
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