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Mayor: 'No Tolerance for Assaults' After Protests Erupt Over Coronavirus Shutdown Plan

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he has no tolerance for violence after a man was beaten during protests in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn overnight.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he has no tolerance for violence after a man was beaten during protests in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn overnight.

"There is a place for peaceful protest, but the NYPD will not tolerate people doing harm to others," he said. "There will be no tolerance for assaults, for damage to property, for setting fires—anything like that is unacceptable."

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he has no tolerance for violence after a man was beaten during protests in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn overnight.

"There is a place for peaceful protest, but the NYPD will not tolerate people doing harm to others," he said. "There will be no [...]




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