The mayor and NYPD are under blistering criticism with de Blasio booed and heckled yesterday when he tried to speak at the GeorgeFloydMemorial in Brooklyn
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said organized violence and looting among otherwise peaceful protests that’s not always visible to crowds or in videos justifies tough policing but he’s committed to quick probes and punishment for officers who cross the line. The Democratic mayor spoke in a weekly public radio Q&A as critics continued to slam him as a sellout who’s completely out of touch with the “everyday New Yorkers” he often references.
“We saw horrible attacks on people and property [and] we have seen a persistent pattern in some groups of people aiming to do violence to the police, to communities, to property and are doing it systematically,” de Blasio said Friday on
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