De Blasio: I Have Not Seen Videos of NYPD Attacking Protesters

The NYPD exercising restraint Wednesday night. Photo: Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio praised the NYPD on Thursday morning for showing “restraint” in its dealings with protesters and claimed to have no knowledge of the widely circulated videos showing police officers using batons and shoving peaceful protesters after the 8 p.m. curfew. Hours later, the mayor was booed and taunted during a George Floyd memorial in Brooklyn.

De Blasio started by reiterating that the protests were largely peaceful, then said we saw “a lot of restraint from the NYPD overall.” He then claimed that he was unaware of any footage to the contrary. “I have not seen the videos you refer to or seen those accounts,” he said. “But if there’s anything that needs to be reviewed, it will be. If there’s anything that needs to be investigated, it will be.

Judging from the crowd reaction during the Brooklyn memorial service for George Floyd, whose killing by Minneapolis police has sparked protests worldwide, de Blasio’s latest words did nothing to quell anger over his handling of the unrest. New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams criticized the NYPD and de Blasio in a tweet Wednesday night after seeing officers push protesters out of Borough Hall in Brooklyn in person.

OMG !! SHOVING A CROWD THAT HAS HELD AMERICAS LARGEST CITY HOSTAGE WITH VIOLENCE AND LOOTING ? WHAT COULD THESE PEOPLE BE THINKING !! how delusional you people are !!

it’s just fun to note how the anti-trump New York magazine “journalism” ( which equates to the level of third-graders passing around mean notes in class ) is driving them into the ground financially! this hyper-partisan puerile ranting is simply a failed business strategy!

DeBlasio: resign. You do not want the job anyhow. You used your current position as a springboard for your failed presidential run.

Is there anything that he does know? He’s so fucking clueless all the damn time.

Yeah he’s clueless for sure Mayor why aren’t you out there ? Afraid of the police?

Whatever de Blasio blacklifematters

NYCMayor I’ve sent you dozens of videos.

Now we wait for twitter to do its job

Sorry u r so wrong

No knowledge ? Many have tagged him directly in the video clips via twitter - he’s obviously not - status quo response. Sad

Oh FFS

This is bad on so many levels.

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