Video Shows SUV Driving Into A Group Of Protesters On Bikes In Brooklyn; 1 Injured
It happened Saturday night near Brooklyn Avenue and St. John's Place in Crown Heights.
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It happened Saturday night near Brooklyn Avenue and St. John's Place in Crown Heights.
New York City Councilmember Corey Johnson tells CBS2 elected officials are working on changes.
In April, the city Health Department mandated a shutdown of all independent, education-based childcare centers and preschools.
According to police, the suspects used incendiary devices to destroy the vehicle.
Police announced the charges against 20-year-old Dzenan Camovic on Saturday.
Friday was the most peaceful night we've seen in the city all week, CBS2's Ali Bauman reports.
The desperation for change has been spilling out on the streets of New York. It's also drawing support from a cross section of the community.
Thousands filled Cadman Plaza as far as the eye could see to honor the life of George Floyd.
There was a police-involved shooting around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday near the corner of Church and Flatbush avenues in Flatbush.
Police say dozens of arrests were made on both sides of the bridges.
New Yorkers have been dealing with the city's stay at home order for months as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts average day-to-day life. CBS2's Kiran Dhillon reports salon owners are now coming together to bring a sense of normalcy back to healthcare workers.
Video shows the officer push Dounya Zayer during a protest near Barclays Center on Friday.
Once the curfew started, the NYPD was on the lookout for specific groups of younger people that have been taking away from the spirit of the Floyd protests.
The NYPD said officers shot an armed man while responding to a call of shots fired in Crown Heights.
It was another night of mayhem on the streets of the Big Apple.
"The folks who were converging on that police car did the wrong thing to begin with and they created an untenable situation," de Blasio said.
Cuomo said he's seen "a lot of disturbing video" about the protests, and that Attorney General Letitia James will be reviewing the entire weekend's protests.
Both incidents happened in the early hours of Saturday morning in Brooklyn.
Demonstrators clashed with officers and torched NYPD vehicles as they called for an end to police brutality after the death of George Floyd.
While many protests were peaceful, some have spiraled into chaos as demonstrations take place across New York City over the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minnesota.
Saturday was the third night New York City saw protests over the death of George Floyd.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city will launch an independent review of everything that took place Friday night.
"We have to do work to do still, but we'll get it done by June 8," he said. "We're going to be focusing this next week on the hospital system."
The video shows the officer knocking the woman to the ground, though what led up to the incident is unclear.
Protesters shut down traffic in Lower Manhattan, despite hundreds of NYPD officers trying to keep them on the sidewalks.
