De Blasio weighs NYC curfew as George Floyd protests rage on

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that his administration is reviewing the possibility of implementing a citywide curfew as the sometimes violent protests over the police-involved death of George Floyd continue to rage on.

“We have to look at it as an option,” de Blasio, speaking during his daily City Hall press briefing, said of a possible curfew. “That being said, we have not made a decision.”

The mayor said that there are “advantages and disadvantages to instituting a curfew,” and added that previous nights of the protests “were different from last night and we’re weighing that now.”

De Blasio characterized the majority of protests taking place in the city as “peaceful,” but acknowledged that demonstrations turned sour Sunday night when people started looting shops in Manhattan.

“Overall what we saw was peaceful demonstrations,” de Blasio said, adding that later in the night, “we saw looting.”

“That is unacceptable in New York City. It will not be allowed in New York City,” he said, noting, “We’re going to address that very aggressively in New York City.”

Protesters — sometimes clashing with police — have flooded the streets of New York and cities across the nation for days following the May 25 death of Floyd, who was black, in Minneapolis at the hands of a white cop.