The images are impressive. This Saturday, as the anger following the death of George Floyd during his arrest by the police now extends to around thirty American cities, New York was once again the scene of demonstrations against racism.
And in the neighborhood of Brooklyn, the latter almost dangerously degenerated.
Wtf !!! #BlacklivesMaters #brooklynprotest pic.twitter.com/S1oet8JC0x
- Pierre G. (@pgarapon) May 31, 2020“NY's Finest”. Disgusting. #BlackLivesMatter # riots2020 #JusticeForGeorgeFlyod pic.twitter.com/GP5vcXRlqy
- Marco (@ chieffymac11) May 31, 2020Even if the American media explain that there were no injuries after this hardly believable scene, the images of these two police cars surrounded by demonstrators and advancing on them illustrates the chaos in which seem to be sinking each a little more day the United States.
Police "Face Impossible Situation"
On images shared millions of times on social networks in recent hours, we see indeed a New York police vehicle being blocked in the street by the crowd. The police also received numerous projectiles. It is then that a second car appears and decides to force the passage, before being imitated by the other NYPD vehicle. Even if the police are not moving very fast, we still see several demonstrators being thrown to the ground.
Bill De Blasio, the mayor of New York, quickly reacted to his rather frightening images, explaining that he would not blame these police officers "who faced an impossible situation", even if he would have preferred them " find another solution. " The elected official took the opportunity to condemn the attitude of the demonstrators and the violence. A Molotov cocktail was also launched inside another busy New York police car. "It is a miracle that no police officer was killed," said police chief Dermot Shea.