Conversation Viral News NYC @ViralNewsNYC đ¨New Protest Rules Go Live Today â Anarchists Poised to Take Advantage, Police Say Today, the NYPD was officially shackled by a court settlement that critics say will leave the city more vulnerable the next time protests erupt. Phase II of the Payne settlement has gone into effect, and police warn itâs a recipe for disaster. The deal forces cops into a rigid âtieredâ protest response system, bans effective crowd-control tactics like kettling, and puts new oversight units over every move the department makes. Instead of trusting trained officers to make split-second decisions in the...