Wednesday brought a cooling of tensions between protesters and police as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York City police department
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Shea credited an 8 p.m. curfew and a beefed-up police presence with curtailing looting and property damage in Midtown and the South Bronx.
There were some mass arrests as the curfew took effect, and a group of demonstrators walking across the Manhattan Bridge was prevented from entering Chinatown and turned around after a tense standoff with police blocking the off ramp. “Protesters were mainly peaceful. Police officers had the numbers and capacity to do their jobs and the results last night were much, much different than the night before and that's what it’s all about,” he said. “I think the people in New York City should feel much better today than they did after the night of looting.”
The mayor also declined to go into detail about changes to the police disciplinary process. The de Blasio administration will be facing legislation from the City Council that would create a more standardized punishment system for officer misbehavior and criminalize the use of chokeholds and other neck restraints. Lawmakers also want to dock the NYPD's budget, something the mayor pushed back on Wednesday.
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