«In order for there to be relaxation, there must be repentance. I’m so 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. “For our part in the lack of courtesy, discriminatory prejudice, excessive violence, unacceptable language and many other mistakes, we are human. I am sorry.”
Shea also emphasized that his police officers were insulted and attacked again and again while accompanying the protests and that that too had to stop. “Are you sorry too?”
Largely peaceful demo
On Friday, thousands of people took to the streets in several parts of New York and again demonstrated largely peacefully for an end to racism and for justice for the African-American George Floyd, who was killed in a brutal police operation in Minneapolis. Police helicopters circled the metropolis all night long.
However, many did not adhere to the nightly curfew, which began at 8:00 p.m., which led to clashes with the police and arrests. The night curfew has been in effect since Monday and initially up to and including Sunday. However, it does not apply to systemically important workers, stressed Mayor Bill de Blasio again via Twitter after reports of the arrests of journalists and food suppliers, for example.
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