NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea speaks to the media during a press conference at City Hall on January 3, 2020 in New York City.
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After ten days of protests in New York City and around the world, New York’s police commissioner Dermot Shea is asking for peace.
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As reported by The New York Post, in particular, he’s asking for assaults on police officers in the city to stop, while apologizing for any aggression on their part in dealing with protests that sometimes became violent.
NYPD officers stand in line near a demonstration denouncing systemic racism in law enforcement in the borough of Brooklyn minutes before a citywide curfew went into effect on June 4, 2020 in New York City.
Even police are unsure whether or not the violence was inspired by protesters or outside agitators but Shea says that if his officers acted unprofessionally they will be don’t make me happy,” Shea told the Post.
