New York City sees worst day of unrest in decades
A day that began with mostly peaceful marches through Harlem and neighbourhoods in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens descended into chaos as night fell.
"We appreciate and respect all peaceful protest, but now it is time for people to go home," de Blasio told reporters outside the city's emergency management headquarters just after 11:30 p.m. "This is bigger than the pandemic," said Brooklyn protester Meryl Makielski, referring to the outbreak that, until recently, was killing hundreds of New Yorkers each day. "The mistakes that are happening are not mistakes. They're repeated violent terrorist offences and people need to stop killing black people. Cops seem as though they've been trained to do so."
But he defended officers in the streets, saying they were being subjected "to horrible, vile things." Of the video of officers driving into a crowd Saturday, de Blasio said it would be investigated, but that the officers acted because they were being attacked.
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