As protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody boiled over in New York City on Saturday and video of sparked outrage, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would not “blame” police officers facing such an “impossible situation.” “If those protesters had just gotten out of the way and not created an attempt to surround that vehicle, we would not be talking about this,” de Blasio in a call-in appearance on NY1 just before a hastily scheduled late-night press conference.That was his first live appearance in over two nights of nationwide chaos, more than 24 hours after City Council...…As protests over the death of George Floyd in police custody boiled over in New York City on Saturday and video of sparked outrage, Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would not “blame” police officers facing such an “impossible situation.” “If those protesters had just gotten out of the way and not created an attempt to surround that vehicle, we would not be talking about this,” de Blasio in a call-in appearance on NY1 just before a hastily scheduled late-night press conference.That was his first live appearance in over two nights of nationwide chaos, more than 24 hours after City Council...WW…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A Capitol Police officer hurt while trying to defend the seat of the United States government from pro-Trump rioters died late Thursday. Brian Sicknick passed away at around 9:30 p.m. after he “was injured while physically engaging with protesters” who had stormed the Capitol Building a day earlier, Capitol Police said in a statement. The New York Times reports law-enforcement sources said Sicknick during the rioters’ rampage in the halls on Wednesday after President Trump’s rally. “He returned to his division office and collapsed,” a Capitol Police statement said. “He was...…WASHINGTON, D.C.—A Capitol Police officer hurt while trying to defend the seat of the United States government from pro-Trump rioters died late Thursday. Brian Sicknick passed away at around 9:30 p.m. after he “was injured while physically engaging with protesters” who had stormed the Capitol Building a day earlier, Capitol Police said in a statement. The New York Times reports law-enforcement sources said Sicknick during the rioters’ rampage in the halls on Wednesday after President Trump’s rally. “He returned to his division office and collapsed,” a Capitol Police statement said. “He was...WW…

For the second night in a row, protests over new coronavirus restrictions in New York grew violent on Wednesday, with journalists describing a terrifying assault by a mob of angry Hasidim in Brooklyn’s Borough Park.Early this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo , and other containment measures on a slew of neighborhoods experiencing surging rates of COVID-19 in New York City. Many of them are home to large populations of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who have often felt singled out for scrutiny by city regulators over the years, especially on issues of health, whether vaccinations for diseases like measles or...…For the second night in a row, protests over new coronavirus restrictions in New York grew violent on Wednesday, with journalists describing a terrifying assault by a mob of angry Hasidim in Brooklyn’s Borough Park.Early this week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo , and other containment measures on a slew of neighborhoods experiencing surging rates of COVID-19 in New York City. Many of them are home to large populations of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who have often felt singled out for scrutiny by city regulators over the years, especially on issues of health, whether vaccinations for diseases like measles or...WW…