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Updated June 2nd, 2020 at 12:10 IST

New York stores targeted during night of violence amid curfew

New York City imposed a late-night curfew on June 1 that failed to prevent another night of destruction, including arrests after a break-in at the iconic Macy's store on 34th Street, following protests over George Floyd’s death.

New York stores targeted during night of violence amid curfew
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New York City imposed a late-night curfew on June 1 that failed to prevent another night of destruction, including arrests after a break-in at the iconic Macy's store on 34th Street, following protests over George Floyd’s death.

As the 11 p.m. deadline to get off the streets approached, bands of protesters marched through Manhattan and Brooklyn, and police simultaneously responded to numerous reports of roving groups of people smashing their way into shops and emptying them of merchandise.

People broke in to a North Face store and the doors of Macy's flagship Manhattan store were also breached. Police pulled two handcuffed men out and put them in a van. People rushed into a Nike store in Manhattan and carried out armloads of clothing. Near Rockefeller Center, storefront windows were smashed and multiple people arrested. Wreckage littered the inside of an AT&T store.

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Published June 2nd, 2020 at 12:10 IST

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