The city of NY will impose a curfew starting at 11 at night to try to prevent a repeat of the acts of violence recorded during the protests of recent days against the racism.
The curfew will expire at 5 a.m., Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
The limitation to the movement of the 8.6 million inhabitants of the country’s largest city is in addition to the restrictions imposed by the coronavirus, and after both the mayor and the governor deplored the acts of violence, but they will also criticize some actions of the police.
Six nights of violent demonstrations against police brutality and racism have rocked the United States.
The trigger was the death of an unarmed African American man, George Floyd, at the hands of a white cop last Monday in Minneapolis.
Floyd died after agent Derek Chauvin stuck his knee in his neck for almost nine minutes, after arresting him for an alleged purchase of cigarettes with a false bill.
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His death, filmed on a cell phone, reignited anger over the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of the police, and brought to mind cases like Michael Brown in Ferguson and Eric Garner in New York, which encouraged the Black movement. Lives Matter (Black lives matter).
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At least 40 cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago and the capital, Washington DC, have imposed a curfew but have done little to discourage protests or end the unrest.
Governors have also mobilized thousands of members of the National Guard, an unusual move reminiscent of the late 1960s riots in American cities following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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In some places, the police have fired rubber bullets and thrown tear gas and stun grenades at protesters, throwing projectiles at them, including water bottles and stones.
The measures have not stopped the extensive looting and vandalism, including at high-end Manhattan stores like Coach or Chanel, or the blocking of streets and the burning of police vehicles.
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