After protests against racism in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio has criticized his city’s police force. The officials were “very violent and crude” and also used pepper spray against peaceful demonstrators, de Blasio said. The politician announced an investigation into the events.
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De Blasio also condemned the violence that some demonstrators had inflicted on Saturday night. Some came with the intention of injuring police officers, he said. “We absolutely cannot accept that.” After this African American George Floyd dies As a result of a brutal police operation in the city of Minneapolis, around 3,000 people took to the streets in New York. There were riots in the Manhattan and Brooklyn neighborhoods.
More than 200 people were arrested
Many protesters in New York carried posters that said “I can’t breathe” to the police on Monday before he passed out. During the arrest in Minneapolis, a white officer had his knee pressed in the neck of the 46-year-old on the ground for minutes.
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More than 200 people have been arrested, New York police chief Dermot Shea said. There were injuries on both sides. According to Shea, one person threw an incendiary into a police car in which four officers were sitting. Some demonstrators would also have loaded rifles and projectiles with them. It is difficult for police officers to de-escalate if bricks fly towards them, Shea said.
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The governor of the State of New York, Andrew Cuomo, also condemned the riots. But he also showed understanding for the demonstrators. “I share your outrage,” said Cuomo. The injustices that prevailed in the US judicial system are “hideous”.
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Trump threatens with the military
Because of the riots in many cities, US President Donald Trump has threatened local authorities with the use of “unlimited military power”. Governors and mayors would have to act “much harder”, otherwise the government would step in, he threatened on Twitter. The government is ready to do what is necessary to control the situation. Then there would be “many arrests,” he threatened during a flight to the state of Florida.
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Trump had previously said he had offered military aid to the state of Minnesota because of the violent protests. The soldiers are ready and could be “very quickly” on site, Trump said in the garden of the White House. The demonstrators are not interested in honoring African American George Floyd, who died on Monday following a police operation in Minneapolis, Trump said. Rather, they are left-wing chaots who only want to riot.
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