On July 15, 2020, BLM protesters occupying City Hall left the so-called “police-free autonomous zone” to verbally provoke New York City police at close range.
On the night of MLK Day (January 18), Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters marched without warning near City Hall and clashed with police, who arrested at least 28 people. State Attorney General Jen Lakha issued a statement accusing the police of violent law enforcement, while Mayor Baisley was evasive, saying only that they would be handled according to the new disciplinary guidelines issued by the city police department (NYPD).
At about 8:30 p.m. Monday, the Black Lives Matter protesters, who said they wanted to honor the pioneer in the peaceful fight for human rights for African-Americans, marched from the Barkley Bridge in Brooklyn to Manhattan without warning. When they arrived near City Hall, they were surrounded and evicted by city police who had already been informed.
During the eviction, the two sides clashed, and the police arrested at least 28 supporters of “Black Lives Matter” on the spot; 10 other police officers were injured, the most serious being a police captain, whose helmet was hit hard by a bottle.
On Tuesday (Jan. 19), State Attorney General Letitia James issued a statement accusing the city police of violence against the “peaceful protesters” rally: “In less than a week since the lawsuit was filed against the city police, we have seen the same behavior by police officers. As we stated in the lawsuit, this is a long-standing pattern that must stop.”
Giannoccia also took to her official Twitter account to urge people to report police V.A. photos, images and even eyewitness accounts to the state attorney general’s office.
Last Thursday (Jan. 14), the far-left state attorney general Jen Le Ha filed a lawsuit against the city’s police department over its “disproportionate” treatment of peaceful protesters since May of last year, demanding a reorganization of the department.
In a question-and-answer session at Tuesday’s press conference, Mayor Michael White was questioned by reporters about whether the city police would be punished or apologized for the clashes, and White did not respond positively, only twice showing the new NYPD Discipline Matrix issued last Friday, and saying that the manual has clearly pointed out the corresponding punishment for police misconduct.
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