2020-06-02 00:00:00, Guardian staff and agencies, The Guardian
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Stores are looted Monday night despite curfew following a protest over the death of George Floyd.
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
"Their actions are unacceptable and we won't allow them in our city."
It was the fourth instance in a row of mainly peaceful daytime demonstrations followed by violence and arrests after nightfall.
De Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo, both Democrats, announced an 11pm curfew late on Monday afternoon.
People smashed their way into shops including Macy's while Mayor Bill de Blasio says curfew would start earlier tonight, at 8pm
Another video showed a group of men hitting a police officer with pieces of wreckage until he pulled his gun and they ran.
People rushed into a Nike store and carried out armloads of clothing.
We rely to an ever greater extent on our readers, both for the moral force to continue doing journalism at a time like this and for the financial strength to facilitate that reporting.
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George Floyd, New York, US policing, US news
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