Photos: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Ducks Out on Approaching Looting Protest Mob in Midtown
Afraid he might run into his daughter?
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was out on a quiet street in Manhattan Monday night, unrecognized except by an eagle-eyed reporter from Newsday, Matthew Chayes, who spotted the mayor getting out of his official vehicle around 8 p.m. in Midtown.
Chayes reported the mayor walked around while on a cellphone, at one point retrieving a coronavirus facemask from the car.
Chayes observed a large group of protesters coming up a nearby street and saw an aide to the mayor frantically wave a sign at a passenger window, prompting the mayor and his security caravan to pull around the corner away from the protesters who passed by unaware.
Later police chased a protest mob down the street. De Blasio was nowhere in sight.
Wearing a baseball cap, @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio a few moments ago climbed out of his NYPD-driven minivan and paced in the street on the phone, unrecognized except by a reporter. At one point, he returned to the vehicle to retrieve, and don, a face mask.
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Wearing a baseball cap, @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio a few moments ago climbed out of his NYPD-driven minivan and paced in the street on the phone, unrecognized except by a reporter. At one point, he returned to the vehicle to retrieve, and don, a face mask.
The caravan had been idling on 6th Avenue just before 8 p.m., when thousands of protesters began marching nearby the wrong way down the street. An aide frantically held up a sign to his passenger window, and the vehicles pulled around the corner as the protesters passed unawares.
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Wearing a baseball cap, @NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio a few moments ago climbed out of his NYPD-driven minivan and paced in the street on the phone, unrecognized except by a reporter. At one point, he returned to the vehicle to retrieve, and don, a face mask.
At this very spot 12 minutes later, hundreds of youths, trailed by riot cops, ran down 50th Street. The mayor had been gone for several minutes
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At this very spot 12 minutes later, hundreds of youths, trailed by riot cops, ran down 50th Street. The mayor had been gone for several minutes
About 5 minutes later, a man wielding a bat came running west on 50th Street, pursued by cops. He dropped the bat during his flight. A cop tripped on it.
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About 5 minutes later, a man wielding a bat came running west on 50th Street, pursued by cops. He dropped the bat during his flight. A cop tripped on it.
Update: Chaye is now reporting that Midtown is being looted
A @BestBuy at 44th/5th Avenue was just looted while crews worked to board up the store with plywood.
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The liquor store on West 43rd Street was broken into. Looters ran in with bags and ran out with all sorts of alcohol.
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Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio announced a curfew for the City would start at 11 p.m.
IMPORTANT NEWS:
There will be a citywide curfew in NYC starting at 11pm TONIGHT (6/1), lasting until 5am.
NYC residents — you must stay home after 11 PM!
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