Iran Press/America: Police moved barricades Sunday so protesters could approach the Trump International Hotel and Tower in midtown Manhattan as thousands continued to march against police brutality.
Crowds chanted “Throw him out,” and “No Justice, No Peace” as the marched past the hotel.
For the first time since protests popped up in New York more than a week ago, most NYPD officers were not wearing riot helmets as they watched over marches and rallies.
Police moved the barricades at the Trump hotel at Columbus Circle for protesters and replaced them when they passed through the area.
Mayor Bill de Blasio lifted the city’s 8 p.m. curfew ahead of schedule Sunday after a peaceful night Saturday, free of the clashes or ransacking of stores that rocked the city days earlier.
“I want to thank everybody who has expressed their views peacefully,” de Blasio said. “I made the decision to end the curfew. And honestly, I hope it’s the last time we will ever need a curfew in New York City.”
The curfew, New York’s first in decades, had been set to remain in effect through at least Sunday, with officials planning to lift it at the same time the city enters the first phase of reopening after nearly three months of shutdowns because of the coronavirus.
Peaceful protests continued Sunday with thousands of protesters, most of them wearing masks, walking through Manhattan chanting “Black Lives Matter” and “George Floyd.”
George Floyd, was an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer.
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