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NYC Mayor de Blasio’s daughter arrested at unlawful protest as thugs destroy entire city blocks

June 1, 2020 | | Print Article

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Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daughter was arrested along with protesters for unlawful assembly over the weekend.

Chiara de Blasio was among 100 protesters arrested for allegedly blocking traffic in Lower Manhattan on Saturday night and refusing to leave, according to local law enforcement.


(Source: CBS News)

The 25-year-old daughter of the Democrat mayor was one of over 300 people arrested Saturday night as protests around the city over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis grew increasingly more tense. Though demonstrations were largely peaceful during the day, nightfall brought clashes with police, vandalism and increasing violence.

The mayor urged protesters to “go home” during a press conference a short time after his daughter was arrested, though he made no mention of her involvement.

“We appreciate and respect all peaceful protests, but now it is time for people to go home,” de Blasio said at 11:30 p.m. from Brooklyn, according to the New York Post.

“If you went out peacefully to make a point about the need for change, you have been heard and change is coming in the city. I have no doubt about that. It’s time to go home so we can all move forward,” he added.

His daughter, who graduated from Santa Clara University in 2016, reportedly did not tell police who her father was when she was arrested, though she provided the mayor’s Gracie Mansion home as her address, according to The Post. She was given a desk appearance ticket.

(Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

“That was a real hotspot, police cars were getting burned there, people were throwing and yelling, fighting with cops,” a source told the newspaper, referring to the area around 12th Street and Broadway where protesters refused to unblock a road after police orders. “There were thousands of people in that area at that time.”

Protests continued Sunday in the city over the death of Floyd, the unarmed black man who died last week after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck during the arrest. Video of the incident went viral, sparking demonstrations, protests and rioting in major cities across the country.

Earlier in the day on Sunday, NYPD officers in Queens and Manhattan, were seen kneeling in solidarity with demonstrators.

Video showed the officers in Queens who were cheered for their participation.

 

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About four officers knelt in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan as the crowd chanted “NYPD, take a knee.”

But demonstrators turned to looting stores in areas of New York City later on Sunday, as many videos posted to social media showed. A GameStop was targeted in the East Village in the late hours as was a Walgreens, along with many other stores that have even recently been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Another video posted on Twitter showed what was reportedly the beginning of rioters starting a “cardboard fore” in the Union Square area.

In another location, bicycles were being stolen from a store before police arrived.

A neighborhood blog covering the East Village posted videos showing the looting of high-end stores like Chanel.

The mayor blamed a “small” number of people who were “well-organized” and connected to “the anarchist movement” for the violent protests around the city.

“We’re seeing something new, and not just here in New York City, but all over the country,” he said Sunday.

“They plan together online, they have very explicit rules,” he added.

“Some come from outside of the cities, some are from inside the city. “Some are from the neighborhoods where the protests take place, some are not. But what we do know is there is an explicit agenda of violence and it does not conform with the history of this city.”

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