NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announces new rules for restaurants, bars, cafes to serve only take-out & delivery, movie theaters, gyms to close because of COVID-19 epidemic at City Hall.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio announces new rules for restaurants, bars, cafes to serve only take-out & delivery, movie theaters, gyms to close because of COVID-19 epidemic at City Hall.condemned the four Minneapolis officers involved in the death of George Floyd, saying this 'horrifying' situation cannot happen again.
Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis, died Monday after a white police officer knelt on his neck during an arrest while ignoring Floyd's pleas for help. A video captured of Floyd gasping, "I can't breathe" set off a national outcry and led to violent protests in Minneapolis. The officers involved in the confrontation were fired, but no charges have been filed.
De Blasio received some backlash on social media after urging for immediate criminal charges against the police officers. It took five years to remove the officer who murdered Eric Garner in New York City in 2014 during de Blasio's first year in office. The New York Police Department has also come under scrutiny for other instances of police brutality.
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