Chaos in New York: city on the brink, protesters ignore curfew

Despite curfews imposed, riots in New York do not subside. Marauders continue to rob shops, and police are trying to deal with the riots. Business, meanwhile, begins to come up with ways to protect themselves. This publication writes Fox News.

What's going on in New York

The situation in New York continues to escalate. There, as in dozens of cities across America, mass protests and the unrest provoked by them have been going on for a week.

In order to somehow improve the situation, a curfew was imposed in New York. Although the situation in the city has become somewhat calmer than in the previous few nights, many protesters ignore the ban on appearing on the street late in the evening.

So, on the evening of Tuesday, June 2, looters continued to burst into New York stores. Riots continued until the morning, although curfew came at 20:00.

A video appeared on the web that captured how Zara clothing store was ransacked at the bottom of Manhattan.

About five people also used crowbars to get to Nordstrom Rack on 31st Street and 6th Avenue. However, they were frightened off before they managed to steal anything.

As part of the enhanced measures, the police established checkpoints on the streets to block unauthorized vehicles. In some places, when protesters continued to march at night, relative calm reigned. However, evidence of vandalism reappeared in other parts of the city.

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So, a group of protesters were arrested on West Side Highway after curfew. However, large crowds continued to appear on videos made in other areas of the city at night.

One video from Times Square shows how almost two hours after curfew, large groups of people still gather on the street.

At about 21:00 pm, hundreds of marching men stormed into a Verizon store on Fulton Street and Broadway, near City Hall. The crowd moved down Canal Street and returned to Broadway, breaking windows along the way.

In a separate incident, New York City police officers in Brooklyn shot dead a suspect who was accused of shooting another person.

About 30 minutes before curfew, thousands of protesters headed for the Trump Tower in Manhattan. There they were awaited by uniformed officers and steel fences installed in an attempt to minimize robbery and violence.

Protect yourself

The flagship Saks Fifth Avenue department store on Tuesday was surrounded by barbed wire to protect it from looting.

The luxury retailer also hired private guards with specially trained dogs to guard the premises after the iconic Macy's store was ransacked on Herald Square on Monday evening.

On Tuesday afternoon, workers at Saks began attaching mesh fencing to plywood previously installed to cover the high-end shop windows. At the second stage of work, they additionally launched barbed wire along the edge of the fence.

Guards with at least seven German and Belgian Shepherds and Pit Bulls will patrol outside the department store. “With God's help, I hope they (marauders - Ed.) Will not show up and everything will go smoothly,” said one of the guards.

Locals in horror

Locals, especially small business owners whose businesses have been hurt by vandals, are horrified by what is happening. They recommend that looters get a job and earn money instead of robbing someone else's.

In a heartbreaking video posted on social media, an elderly woman in New York addresses the marauders who destroyed her small business. “Look what you've done with my store. Look! " She says, pointing to a display case and wires hanging from the ceiling and people cleaning inside.

She was among countless other people affected by a wave of unrest and looting that continued in the United States more than a week after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The woman in the video then approached a pile of debris on the side of the road in front of the store. “Look! She says again. - Look at what you did. Look. We've been cleaning here all night. "

She continued: “Told me that black lives are important (Black Lives Matter - slogan against violence against black people - Ed.). You lied. You wanted to rob the store. Did you need money? Find a job, ”said the store owner.

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She urged the looters to stop stealing. “We are trying to build up this area and you are demolishing it,” she added.

It is not clear which day the video was shot. For most of the week after Floyd’s death, New York witnessed riots and looting.

Conflict between the authorities

Meanwhile, between the mayor of New York and the governor of the state, their long-standing feud has intensified, and they are trying to shift their blame on each other.

On Tuesday, Andrew Cuomo called Mayor Bill de Blasio's reaction to the crisis “shame” after police said they arrested about 700 protesters overnight after the first curfew in decades.

Bill de Blasio has also been criticized for seemingly controversial policies that have imposed restrictions on religious gatherings, while marauders walk around the streets.

The governor also threatened to "replace" Mayor Bill de Blasio due to the ongoing violence in the city. “The NYPD and the mayor didn't do their job last night, I guess,” Cuomo said. He continued, “You have 38 New York City police officers, the largest police department in the United States of America. Employ 38 thousand people and protect property. Use the police, protect property and people. Look at the video, it was a shame. "