Foley Square Demonstration Kicks Off 6th Day Of NYC Protests

NEW YORK, NY — A plan to march to NYPD headquarters to kick off the sixth day of protests against police brutality in New York City appears to have been changed.

Protesters gathering in Lower Manhattan at 1 p.m. Tuesday who originally planned to gather at 1 Police Plaza, the headquarters of the New York City Police Department, will now rally at Foley Square, according to posts online.

At least one person online said organizers switched the location in order to not interfere with protesters in custody being released at the headquarters, though that is not confirmed.

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The demonstration marks the start of a sixth day that protests have gripped New York City and the nation following the death of Minnesota man George Floyd after a police officer — who has since been charged with murder— knelt on his neck.

The Foley Square protest will come ahead of demonstrations planned at the Stonewall Inn, 47th Street and Broadway, 98 Fifth Ave. in Brooklyn, Fort Totten and Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue Station in Queens later in the day, according to organizers.

The 1 p.m. demonstration led New York courts to warn their staffers not to come into work on Tuesday, according to the New York Post.

An email sent on Monday evening advised all Southern District of New York workers not to go to the Manhattan district court buildings because of the expected demonstration at One Police Plaza, according to an email obtained by the Post.

Many of Tuesday's protests are scheduled to begin in the evening, just hours before an 8 p.m. curfew announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The Tuesday curfew is the second night officials will move people off New York City streets in response to violence that has accompanied the protests. On Monday, de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo jointly put in place an 11 p.m. curfew.

De Blasio extended the curfew a second day after seeing that several stores were being looted in Midtown Manhattan. Monday's curfew was put in place after many luxury stores in Soho, including Chanel, Gucci and Bloomingdales, were ransacked late Sunday.