Center for Constitutional Rights: Civil Rights Organizations' Statement on Lifting NYC Curfew
June 08, 2020
June 08, 2020
NEW YORK, June 8 -- The Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following joint statement on June 7:
Early this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City's curfew was lifted effective immediately. This change was preceded by a day of historic, peaceful protests against police violence against Black people that stretched across the entire city and the threat of a lawsuit. The New York Civil Liberties Union, The Legal Aid Society, the Thurgood Marshall Civil Right . . .
Early this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City's curfew was lifted effective immediately. This change was preceded by a day of historic, peaceful protests against police violence against Black people that stretched across the entire city and the threat of a lawsuit. The New York Civil Liberties Union, The Legal Aid Society, the Thurgood Marshall Civil Right . . .