Fallout continues after protests; De Blasio, Cuomo impose curfew
Calls for peace were heard Sunday in the aftermath of protests following the tragic death of George Floyd. But hard questions and difficult issues remained — especially after Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a curfew from 11 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday and a doubling of police presence in the wake of Sunday’s spree of looting in Manhattan.
Despite incidents like Sunday’s, observers said most protesters were peaceful. Indeed, a video posted on Twitter on Sunday shows protesters blocking the entrance to a Target store in Brooklyn, forming a human chain and shouting “No” at others who were trying to loot it.
And Sunday afternoon, George Floyd’s brother, Terrence Floyd, who lives in Brooklyn, and his minister, Rev. Kevin McCall, who also lives in Brooklyn, took part in a rally in Minneapolis. Previously, Floyd, on “Good Morning America,” said, “It’s OK to be angry, but channel your anger to do something positive or make a change another way because we’ve been down this road already.”