“Our administration will review the guidelines on how the NYPD exerts coercion and reform them if necessary, and we will involve the people of this city,” De Blasio said after a statement on Thursday night. “We will continue to reform, we will continue to build bridges between the police and the community, we will continue to develop into a safer and fairer city.”
On Wednesday and Thursday night, thousands of people demonstrated largely peacefully in New York for an end to racism and for justice for the African American George Floyd, who was killed in a brutal police operation in Minneapolis. There were only a few reports of violence – against protesters and police – on the sidelines of the protests.
Many protesters broke the curfew at 8:00 p.m. local time, but the police were tough this time. There were numerous arrests. “When we have these large gatherings, especially in areas where there was previously this looting, then there is no more tolerance,” said police department head Terence Monahan. “They have to get off the streets. A curfew at 8pm – we gave them until 9pm. And then there was still no sign that they would leave the streets.”
The night curfew has been in effect since Monday and initially up to and including Sunday.
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