As De Blasio lifts curfew, thousands march peacefully in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of people marched through New York City’s streets again Sunday to protest racism and police brutality, but after a peaceful weekend the city appeared ready to begin a march back toward normalcy after three months of quarantines and nearly two weeks of civil unrest.
Mayor Bill de Blasio lifted the city’s 8 p.m. curfew ahead of schedule after several days free of the clashes or ransacking of stores that rocked the city days earlier.
Local politicians and civil liberties advocates had called for an end to the 8 p.m. curfew, complaining that it caused needless friction when officers try to enforce it. But de Blasio had initially insisted the curfew would remain in place throughout the weekend.