Posted on 07/01/2020 9:32:26 AM PDT by Libloather
There were confrontations between police and protesters occupying City Hall Park in New York on Tuesday morning, June 30, the day city legislators were expected to vote on a budget that would include cuts to police funding.
This footage, shared by protester Ben Tracy, shows intense scenes between officers and demonstrators just after 5 am on Tuesday.
A statement from Vocal NY, the group leading the occupation of City Hall Park, said, “The New York City Budget is due in by July 1st, 2020 — we are demanding that NYPD is defunded by $1 billion and that money is used to invest in the things that really make our communities safe like housing, health care, education, and more.”
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However, the Times said about half that figure would be achieved through “budgetary sleight of hand.” School safety officers, currently under the auspices of the NYPD, would be moved to the authority of the Department of Education, the Times said. Credit: Ben Tracy via Storyful
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HOW DARE THEY! The cops that is. DUHblahzeeO will not be happy.
Why the clash? Let them have the park, and even help them enter and occupy city hall and de bloviate’s office. They’re his friends so he should be safe.
you can tell the officers are fed up of these scumbags. Give the NYPD the order to go in full measure and then charge with terrorism so they can face years in prison and lets see how they care about the black gangs in prison.
BLM - the Biden Lives Movement.
I’m surprised he didn’t make the police vacate ala dummy durkin in in seattle
Watched the police sweep the park in Seattle this morning and did so effectively and efficiently. That’s what happens when you allow law enforcement to do their job. The punks just walked backwards throwing out the obligatory profanities like the self entitled cowards they are.
LOL Said exactly the same to my wife this morning as I watched it. The police can easily clear this crap , but we have spineless , far left radical in power.
Spineless yes. Colaberating in the rioting by allowing it, definatly.
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