Source: Keystone/AP/Wong Maye-E
After days of protests against racism and police brutality, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has promised to reform police work in the metropolis.
“Our administration will review the guidelines on how the NYPD exerts coercion and reform if necessary, and we will involve the people of this city,” said De Blasio after a message 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 on 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 have been 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, while the police were tough this time. There were numerous arrests. “If 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. “You have to get off the streets. A curfew at 8 p.m. – we gave them until 9 p.m. 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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