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Protests over George Floyd’s death erupt across NYC

Anti-cop rallies over the death of George Floyd resumed with a fury across the Big Apple Saturday.

 

St. Patrick’s Cathedral desecrated with protest graffiti

Is nothing sacred? Protesters desecrated St. Patrick’s Cathedral with graffiti Saturday, staining stairs and spewing hatred on two walls. The graffiti on one wall on Fifth Avenue and 51st Street read “F–k F–k” in red letters. On an adjacent wall, vandals scrawled “BLM” — for Black Lives Matter — along with “NYPDK” in red letters...

 

Woman hospitalized after being pushed by NYPD cop urges protesters to ‘be careful’

The woman who suffered a concussion after being pushed by an NYPD cop Friday night -- in protest violence captured on now-viral video -- is urging New York protesters to "be careful" this weekend.

 

NYPD readying detectives for backup during George Floyd protests

The NYPD is readying its detectives to be deployed on the street as the city braces of another night of tense George Floyd protests, police sources told The Post.

 

Gov. Cuomo supports reforming measure that shields police disciplinary records

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he wants to shine a light on the disciplinary history of cops. He said he would immediately sign into law any measures to reform a state regulation that prohibits the disclosure of prior disciplinary actions against a police officer. The governor was asked about the regulation, called 50a, after a video...

 

Kentucky TV reporter struck by cops’ pepper balls during George Floyd protest

The mayor of Louisville, Ky., apologized to a TV reporter and cameraman hit by pepper balls fired by cops during a Friday night protest of George Floyd’s death. Reporter Kaitlin Rust squealed in pain and shock when hit repeatedly with what she first thought were rubber bullets during a live segment on WAVE 3 News....

 

Bronx man found dead with head gash, $3,000 cash

A Bronx man was found dead with a gash in his head and cash in a bag, police said Saturday. The victim, identified as Cesar Mejia, 69, had bruises on both sides of his body and a deep wound to his forehead, police said. Cops found him on the corner of Bolton Street and Pelham...

 

Crazed protesters ignite NYPD vehicle, throw trash and bottles at Brooklyn cops

A police-versus-protester faceoff near Brooklyn's 67 Precinct erupted in tear gas and violence Saturday night.

 

NYPD officer plows into crowd of George Floyd protesters in Brooklyn

An NYPD SUV was caught on camera ramming into a group of protesters in Brooklyn Saturday during the city’s third night of chaotic demonstrations over the death of George Floyd. The shocking clip opens with the NYPD SUV idling in the middle of Flatbush Avenue near St. Marks Avenue in Prospect Heights, with dozens of...

 

FDNY firefighters find charred corpse at Queens blaze

What started as a Queens rubbish fire ended with a grisly discovery. Firefighters were called to the HSBC Bank branch on Hillside Avenue just before 1 p.m. Saturday following reports of a blaze set near a dumpster on the side of the building, fire and police officials said. Firefighters extinguished the flames only to find...

 

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