After the video of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling into his neck for nearly nine minutes went viral, riots broke out not only in the Twin Cities but also in New York City.
In the last minutes of Floyd’s life he uttered the words “I can’t breathe,” just as police brutality victim Eric Garner did during the 2014 incident with NYPD officers that led to his death.
Protesters were tussling and clashing with police officers, fires were set and many arrests were made.
At one point, NYPD officers demanded that a bus driver for a B41 bus transport a bus load of arrested protesters.
The protest was reportedly peaceful most of the day but became chaotic after police officers began to tell protesters to leave.
