NYPD cracks down: ALL leave is canceled as cops enforce an 8pm curfew ahead of another night of carnage after failing to stop looters despite putting 8,000 on the street(50 Pics)
The NYPD is cracking down ahead of a third night of carnage across Manhattan by canceling all office leave after failing to control looters on Monday night despite doubling its presence from 4,000 to 8,000 officers.
All non-essential traffic will be banned across Manhattan beneath 96th Street starting at 8pm tonight as the NYPD gears up for another night of carnage, the third in a row.
Earlier on Tuesday, de Blasio brought the curfew forward from 11pm until 8pm after another night of violence and crime that saw looters pillage Fifth Avenue, Union Square, Madison Square, Flatiron and parts of Soho.
Since the rioting began in New York City, more than 700 people have been arrested, according to NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea on Tuesday morning. A citywide curfew from 8pm until 5am is in place until Sunday.
Six people were injured last night including a police officer who was run over in the Bronx and there were a dozen shootings but none were involving police.
President Trump on Tuesday called on Gov Andrew Cuomo to take tougher action and send in the National Guard, saying the city had been lost to 'lowlife scum' and 'thugs'.
The decision to send in the Guard rests with Cuomo and de Blasio but both are refusing to do it, saying the NYPD is better equipped to handle the situation even though they have lost control to crowds in the last 48 hours.
On Tuesday, Cuomo said neither the NYPD nor the Mayor did their job last night and that the result was a 'disgrace' but he believes the situation will improve if the cops are deployed 'properly'.
De Blasio has not said how many extra cops he will put on the streets, if any.
People who are exempt to the curfew are essential workers - as defined by the COVID-19 lockdown rules - , the homeless and people seeking medical attention.
Ubers and Lyfts are considered essential as are yellow taxis and restaurants can still deliver food to homes if they choose to stay open.
Camera and Computers on 34th Street was looted last night after crowds seized on Macy's in Herald Square and other stores in the iconic shopping district
Workers survey the damage inside Camera and Computers on 34th Street after the looting on Monday night
Luxury stores on Fifth Avenue were boarded up on Tuesday morning in anticipation of more chaos after another violent night
Cartier and Versace had all been entirely boarded up on Tuesday morning. Stores further down Fifth Avenue were ransacked
Valentino was boarded up on Tuesday morning as the curfew across New York City was brought forward from 11pm until 8pm and extended until Sunday
On Tuesday morning, luxury stores further along Fifth Avenue boarded up their windows in anticipation of more violence
A broken off piece of a souvenir Statue of Liberty after looters ransacked the store at Times Square on Monday night
The Puma store on Fifth Avenue was being boarded up on Tuesday morning
Stores near Rockefeller Center, which saw large crowds gather last night but largely avoided looting, boarding up windows on Tuesday morning
The looters targeted stores all over Manhattan, ransacking several retailers in each location, before police arrived. These are just some of the known locations they targeted
Urban Outfitters was one of several stores his at Herald Square. Shown, the aftermath on Tuesday morning
Inside Urban outfitters at Herald Square after it was trashed by looters on Monday night despite a city-wide curfew
Smashed windows outside Duane Reade on Tuesday morning after another night of violence. Pictured, Duane Reade on Broadway between 35th and 36th street
On Tuesday he just said he would deploy 'additional resources' where they are needed. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said on Tuesday: 'They are doing the best they can under incredibly difficult circumstances. We will not allow this city to regress.
'We will protect all citizens of this city. You can have faith in us.'
He said cops were 'putting their lives on the line so people could protest against them'.
In the meantime, stores that were not targeted on Monday night have been boarding up their windows and doors in anticipation of more carnage.
The unrest comes just days before New York City's long-awaited planned reopening after spending three months in strict lockdown to battle coronavirus.
'The Mayor of New York City says he doesn't need the National Guard or think they'll be helpful and he can do it with the NYPD.
'First, the NYPD and the Mayor did not do their job last night.
'Look at the videos. It was a disgrace.
'I believe the Mayor underestimates the scope of the problem, the duration of the problem and I don't think they've used enough police to address the situation.
'It is inarguable that it was not addressed last night,' Cuomo said.
He went on: 'The Mayor has said he can handle it with the NYPD.
'My option is to displace the Mayor of NYC and bring in the National Guard, in a state of emergency, and basically take over.
'You would have to take over the Mayor's job. I don't think we're at that point.
'That would be such a chaotic situation in the midst of an already chaotic situation.
'I don't think that makes any sense,' he said, adding that it hadn't been done in 100 years.
Instead, he said, the NYPD had to change tactics. 'You have 38,000 NYPD.
'They have protected the city before in these situations, I've seen them do it before so I know they can do it because I have seen them do it.
'They did not do it last night, that is true, but I believe in the inherent capacity of the NYPD if managed and if deployed.
NYPD officers received this memo today telling them all leave was canceled
'That's what hasn't worked and that has to be fixed today. Stop the looting.
'I do believe the NYPD well deployed, wouldn't need the National Guard. They are trained to do this.'
De Blasio earlier said: 'We do not need nor do we think it's wise, for the National Guard to be deployed in NYC because they're not trained for the dynamic here.'
Cuomo also said they did not have the right training and that the NYPD was better suited to the job.
In his tweet, Trump said: 'The Governor refuses to accept my offer of a dominating National Guard.
'NYC was ripped to pieces. Likewise, Fredo’s ratings are down 50%!'
His reference was not just to Gov. Cuomo but to his younger brother, CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo, too.
Gov. Cuomo is in charge of enlisting the National Guard if needed, not Trump. Yesterday, Cuomo said 13,000 troops were on standby but they had not yet been mobilized. Twenty other states have put theirs in action.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has extended New York City's curfew to last through the week from 8pm until 5am.
The carnage at nightfall came after a day in which thousands protested peacefully across the city over the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who was killed in Minneapolis last Monday when a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
Kmart at Astor Place was looted on Monday night. Stores that were not targeted on Monday night have been boarding up their windows and doors in anticipation of more carnage
Warehouse Wines and Spirits at Broadway and Astor Place boarded up its doors and windows after being looted
CVS at 51 Astor Place boarded up its windows in anticipation of more riots
The Adidas store in Broadway, Soho, on Tuesday has boarded up its frontage Tuesday
The inside of a Verizon store that was ransacked on Tuesday morning
Looters stuck political stickers demanding that Trump and Pence be ousted to the cashier of the Verizon store
A discarded pair of shoes in the street from a shoe store in Union Square that was looted on Monday night
Stores along Fifth Avenue were trashed including some between 18th and 25th Street in the Flatiron district
Macy's had been entirely boarded up by Tuesday afternoon to prevent further looting
Ann Taylor on Fifth Avenue between 21st and 22nd Street on Tuesday morning after a violent night of looting
Another store boarded up near Union Square on Tuesday morning
Zara on Fifth Avenue in Flatiron was boarded up on Tuesday morning
Saks Fifth Avenue, the iconic department store, was boarded up entirely on Tuesday morning
In the week since, distress has erupted across America as Black Lives Matters protesters fend off violent responses from police forces trying to disperse them and looters and rioters cash in on the chaos.
President Trump has only inflamed tensions by threatening to deploy the military across the country unless state governors crack down further.
On Monday night, he finally emerged from the White House after keeping himself hidden away over the weekend to walk to a church for a photo-opp with a bible.
In order for him to get there, police rained tear gas and rubber bullets on a crowd of peaceful protesters.
New York City's 11pm curfew was announced yesterday afternoon by Cuomo and de Blasio. It is the first time the city has imposed a curfew since the 1940s but it did little to stop the looters.
Sephora on Fifth Avenue on the Flatiron District of New York City on Tuesday after being ransacked
The Staples on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan's Flatiron District was also smashed up by looters
Looters descended on Herald Square on Monday night to steal from Macy's among other stores in a second night of unrest
A man could be seen running out of Paul & Shark on Madison Avenue and 61st Street clutching piles of clothing. Smashed glass covered the floor after the storefront was smashed
The Lego Store next to Madison Square Park was also hit. One person could be seen running out with large boxes last night
An AT&T store on Tuesday morning after being ransacked by looters
A Duane Reade Express in Midtown on Monday night in the second night of looting in New York City
Nordstrom Rack at Union Square was also ransacked by looters
A CVS on Monday night after being looted is guarded by a cop in Midtown Manhattan
A man hands out shoes taken from the Ugg Store in Soho on Monday night
NYPD officers arrested more than 200 people across the city on Monday night
Long before 11pm, crowds were smashing store fronts along Fifth Avenue.
Upmarket fashion store Michael Kors on Fifth Avenue was among the luxury outlets hit, along with Nike and Lego.
Groups of young people moved from block to block around the district - usually bustling with tourists but deserted due to the coronavirus - with entire streets blocked by police.
De Blasio fumed at 'criminals' who had attacked NYPD officers and also said he had 'faith' in the city to overcome the crisis but that there were bad actors trying to 'divide' it.
De Blasio - whose own daughter was arrested on Saturday night at one protest - also said that he had concerns of a second wave of coronavirus cases with so many people gathering.
In an interview with NY1 at 9.40pm, de Blasio claimed in the same breath that while the city had a 'real problem', it was 'fully under control'.
'We have a small situation with a small number of people doing looting, trying to take advantage of what they see around the country and this moment, and we're doing a defense against it and a very strong one – thousands of police officers and now we’re going to impose the curfew earlier.
'But I’m not just going to accept a misunderstanding of what’s happening in the city.
'The city is fully under control and overwhelmingly calm and peaceful. That's just reality. I'm seeing it with my own eyes,' he said.
Pictures and videos taken across the city tell a different story.
An NYPD official told DailyMail.com on Tuesday morning that there were more than a dozen shootings around the city last night.
Six people were hospitalized but he would not give a breakdown of how many were cops and how many were civilians.
Tuesday night's strategy, the mayor said, is to impose a curfew before it gets dark.
'He said he and Cuomo - who were criticized for making the curfew so late to begin with - wanted to give people an opportunity to get home on Monday night.
'Except for a few hours last night, we had not seen any of this kind of activity of large-scale breaking into stores – again, not something we've historically seen in New York City – and we wanted to give people time to get home, we wanted to bring it in in a manner that certainly did not disrupt people in communities, and that we thought would be an effective tool.
'But it’s just, we're seeing too much of this activity tonight.
'So, the idea of going to 8:00 PM is it’s still light out.
'And that's really what we saw this evening and last night, is when it got dark is when people attempted to do this kind of activity.
'So, we're going to just take the next obvious steps and have a curfew that begins while it's still light out at 8:00 PM tomorrow,' he said.
One person is lead away by police officers wearing helmets on the seventh night of unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd
One man is held down on the floor by police officers who arrested those who broke New York City's 11pm to 5am curfew last night
Looters ransacked Manhattan's designer stores overnight as New York City's 11pm curfew failed to stop people smashing windows and running off with hundreds of dollars of merchandise. Pictured: Looters raid a Balenciaga store in Manhattan last night
A man is arrested by cops after curfew in New York City during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
Flagship Macy's department store was also targeted despite having been boarded up. Pictured: The store bordered up
Police arrested numerous people for breaking curfew in New York City last night during a protest demanding justice of George Floyd
Video showed alleged looters being lead out of Macy's in Herald Square on the seventh night of unrest in the US
A man was lead away by police after he was arrested during the protest last night. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio imposed a curfew on all residents apart from essential workers, anyone seeking medical attention and the homeless yesterday
A protester is arrested by police officers for breaking curfew on Eight Avenue in New York City last night
The glass windows at G-Star Raw in Manhattan were seriously damaged in the looting last night on the seventh night of unrest
NYPD cracks down: ALL leave is canceled as cops enforce an 8pm curfew ahead of another night of carnage after failing to stop looters despite putting 8,000 on the street(50 Pics)
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