New York intelligence official takes responsibility for city looting

New York Police Deputy Intelligence and Counterterrorism Commissioner John Miller claimed responsibility raiding and looting that took place during the demonstrations triggered by the death of George Floyd, reports CNN.

“On the looting, it’s an intelligence failure,” he confessed at a press conference on June 6.

“If several people went to a certain place at a certain time to commit criminal acts and we did not identify them, it is my fault,” said Mr Miller on June 6, adding that the police were monitoring them. social networks to identify calls for illegal actions.

He said law enforcement in New York City tried to find the source of the raiding calls, but they tend to believe that the criminal groups simply took advantage of the situation.

Unrest in the United States

In several major American cities, demonstrations and urban violence occurred after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.

The protests were marked by violence, looting and confrontations with the police.

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