Mayor de Blasio praised the NYPD for showing “restraint,” and claimed to have no knowledge of the widely circulated videos of police officers using batons and shoving peaceful protesters
The NYPD exercising restraint Wednesday night. Photo: Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio praised the NYPD on Thursday morning for showing “restraint” in its dealings with protesters and claimed to have no knowledge of the widely circulated videos showing police officers using batons and shoving peaceful protesters after the 8 p.m. curfew. Hours later, the mayor was booed and taunted during a George Floyd memorial in Brooklyn.
De Blasio started by reiterating that the protests were largely peaceful, then said we saw “a lot of restraint from the NYPD overall.” He then claimed that he was unaware of any footage to the contrary. “I have not seen the videos you refer to or seen those accounts,” he said. “But if there’s anything that needs to be reviewed, it will be. If there’s anything that needs to be investigated, it will be.
Judging from the crowd reaction during the Brooklyn memorial service for George Floyd, whose killing by Minneapolis police has sparked protests worldwide, de Blasio’s latest words did nothing to quell anger over his handling of the unrest. New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams criticized the NYPD and de Blasio in a tweet Wednesday night after seeing officers push protesters out of Borough Hall in Brooklyn in person.
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