because people who do this in NYC would never think to do it during a time when they are rabid with lawlessness???
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-dies-9-days-after-manhattan-rape-police-say/2448806/
Protester single-handedly negotiates post-curfew truce with the NYPD
https://nypost.com/2020/06/06/protester-negotiates-post-curfew-deal-with-the-nypd/