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NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio defends police after video showed NYPD vehicles driving into protesters

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May 31, 2020
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio defends police after video showed NYPD vehicles driving into protesters

Mayor Bill de Blasio defended the New York City Police Department after a pair of the force's SUVs drove into a crowd during Saturday's protest against George Floyd's death. In a news conference late Saturday, de Blasio called the video of the incident "upsetting" but said protesters were wrong to surround the SUVs.

"It is inappropriate for protesters to surround a police vehicle and threaten police officers," he said. "That's wrong on its face and that hasn't happened in the history of protests in this city."

De Blasio's defense of the NYPD is a departure from the platform on which he ran for office: ending police misconduct.

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