New York City has extended an 8pm nightly curfew for another five days after enduring another night of upheaval on Monday as peaceful protests were again overtaken by sporadic violence and looting.
The overnight unrest, which included the looting of a flagship Macy’s department store, prompted officials to bring forward the start of the curfew to 8pm from 11pm and extend it through the week, said Bill de Blasio, New York City mayor.
The move came as the US was braced for an eighth night of protests across the country on Tuesday, as the continued unrest amplified comparisons to the civil disturbances of the late 1960s that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.