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Macy's Hit as New York Imposes Curfew Amid Floyd Protests

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - New York City imposed a late-night curfew Monday that failed
   to prevent another night of destruction, including arrests after a
   break-in at the iconic Macy's store on 34th Street, following protests
   over George Floyd's death.

   As the 11 p.m. deadline to get off the streets approached, bands of
   protesters marched peacefully through Manhattan and Brooklyn, but
   police simultaneously responded to numerous reports of roving groups of
   people smashing their way into shops and emptying them of merchandise.

   The doors of Macy's flagship Manhattan store were breached. Police
   pulled two handcuffed men out and put them in a van.

   People rushed into a Nike store and carried out armloads of clothing.
   Near Rockefeller Center, storefront windows weresmashedand multiple
   people arrested. Bank windows were smashed. Wreckage littered the
   inside of an AT&T store.

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