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NYC Shows Anger, Solidarity as Protests Consume Weekend


As protests over Police brutality stretched into a fourth straight night, New Yorkers expressed a mix of fury, fear and frustration amid the latest tensions in a city already under siege for weeks by a pandemic.


Clarence Adams, 44, a cable technician from East Flatbush, Brooklyn, said he felt “anger, outrage, disappointment” after taking part in demonstrations at Bedford and Church Avenues following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer now facing third-degree murder charges.


A night earlier, police vehicles had been set on fire in Brooklyn, and cops were captured on video ramming SUVs into a crowd of protesters near the Barclays Center.


After saying late Saturday night that it was “inappropriate” for demonstrators to surround the police vehicles, Mayor Bill de Blasio on Sunday called for a “full investigation” into the actions of the officers.


More positive images emerged earlier Sunday of police kneeling alongside protesters in Jamaica, Queens, and de Blasio walking the streets of Brooklyn after being criticized for largely staying out of sight on previous nights.


But an HIV-positive man who was arrested Friday for trespassing onto the roof of the subway station entrance outside Barclays Center said concerns for his health were outweighed by a need to make his voice heard in the protests.




READ MORE (THE CITY)


  • Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center React To Protests: 'We Call For A Peaceful Response In Our Joint Fight Against Racism'CBS New York
  • Nets statement on George Floyd killing: 'Enough is Enough'New York Daily News
  • SEE IT: Brooklyn protesters ambush NYPD cruiser, injuring 2 copsNew York Daily News
  • How One Block In Flatbush, Brooklyn, Became A Hub of Racial RebellionVogue.com
  • Nets owners call for 'peaceful response' amid protests outside Barclays CenterUSA TODAY
  • Public Advocate Williams defends protesters, calls for deescalation of police presenceamNY
  • 'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH' SAY NETS, LIBERTY, BARCLAYS CENTERNetsDaily
  • Protesters gather at Prospect Park, continue to Barclays CenterNews 12 Bronx
  • Brooklyn's Protest Amid a PandemicThe Cut


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