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A Best Buy store with broken entrance is seen while people are taking electronics from inside the building in Chicago, Illinois, United States on June 1, 2020.Despite the unrest, Lightfoot said Chicago will move into phase 3 of its coronavirus reopening on Wednesday. People cross the FDR Drive interrupting traffic during protests over the death of George Floyd, in New York, New York, June 1, 2020.Luxury brands and big box retail stores in Rockefeller Center and the Upper East Side had windows smashed and spray painted. Many retailers have boarded up their storefronts.It also appeared officers were shot at, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said, condemning it as"unacceptable.

"Do not let outsiders attack your community ... do not let criminals attack your community," the mayor said."I'll be standing by you." New York City will now be under a nine-hour curfew each night this week, beginning at 8 p.m. and ending at 5 a.m.He also said he's very worried that Chief of Department of the New York City Police, Terence Monahan, takes a knee with activists as protesters paused while walking in New York, June 1, 2020.Chief of Department of the New York City Police, Terence Monahan, hugs an activist during a protest in New York, June 1, 2020. Demonstrators took to the streets of New York to protest the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 after he was pinned at the neck by a Minneapolis police officer.

"Generally, jurors resolve all doubts in favor of the police," said Ellison."The system is such that there are certain immunities police have, there are certain presumptions. There are relationships that police have that are established over the course of years. And the fact is if you just look at the Freddie Gray case, people looked at that video and were quite certain that there needed to be a conviction. No one was.

Ellison said that he and his team are moving"expeditiously" but warned that they also have to move carefully which could take more time than the public would like. "Our officers were attempting to take rocks and bottles from the crowd," said Lombardo."Officers were attempting to get some of the protesters in custody when a shot rang out and our officer went down."The officer is in"extremely critical condition and on life support," he said.

"What has occurred is utterly, utterly unacceptable and I hope the community sees it that way too," he concluded.In St. Louis, four officers were shot amid protests Monday night, Police Chief Hayden John Hayden said.

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