Black and blue: BLM and NYPD supporters duke it out on NYC streets for 2nd night in a row (VIDEOS)
At least two protesters were arrested and two NYPD officers injured as pro-cop demonstrators and Black Lives Matters supporters faced off in street clashes for the second day in a row.
Dozens of Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with members of a pro-NYPD rally held in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn at approximately 5:30pm local time Sunday.
The BLM counter protest began a mile away on 86th Street but it wasn’t long before the two sides came to blows for the second day in a row as eyewitness footage from the scene shows
BLM throws an egg directly in NYPD cops face during peaceful protest
Eggs are now being thrown #BayRidge pic.twitter.com/0iXU21F9JP
— Megan McGibney (@MeganMcGibney) July 12, 2020
Imagine all of New York City going after the cops???
Escape from New York is right around the corner…
In response to a viral video of a Bronx man putting an officer in a headlock, which outraged police unions, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said there is “a lot to do to heal the relationship between police and the community.”
“That starts with standing together and advancing reforms, but it also means we cannot accept violence against our police officers,” de Blasio added in a tweet on Sunday night, with a link to a story about the wild incident.
IT’S COME TO THIS: Vermont City Council Unanimously Rejects American Flag Art After Pushing Through ‘Emergency’ BLM Street Mural.
THE PRESS WILL IGNORE THEM, EXCEPT WHEN IT CALLS THEM WHITE SUPREMACIST: ‘Back the Blue’ rallies spreading nationwide despite ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Defund the Police’ rhetoric.
UPDATE: Hundreds of pro-cop supporters march to 122 Precinct to stand with NYPD.
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