The NYPD said protesters had damaged nine police vehicles and 39 commercial properties. At one point during the nighttime chaos, a car accelerated through a line of cops in downtown Brooklyn after being ordered to stop. Police said one officer was struck by the vehicle and another sustained a cut to his wrist while trying to stop the car. “The bottom line is anyone who assaults an officer, that’s absolutely unacceptable,” de Blasio told reporters. They stayed where they were … frozen in fear.”Additional reporting by Tina Moore and Amanda Woods

Source: The Local October 28, 2020 17:22 UTC