NYC looters and vandals chauffeured in cars, had power tools: Witness

The NYPD's Intelligence Bureau is collecting license plate numbers from vehicles that carried vandals, looters and thieves around Manhattan in the last two days, a police official tells ABC News.

While most protests remain peaceful, ABC News' TJ Holmes reports on disturbing images of violent clashes that have resulted in injuries.

A looted souvenir shop is seen after a night of protest over the death of an African American man, George Floyd, in Minneapolis on June 2, 2020, in Manhattan in New York City."Cars would drive up, let off the looters, unload power tools and suitcases and then the cars would drive away," she said."Then the cars would come back pick them up and then drive off to the next spot. They seemed to know exactly where they were going.

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