NYPD used excessive force on George Floyd demonstrators and deployed officers who did not have protest training, report finds, as Mayor de Blasio says he 'takes full responsibility' New York City's Department of Investigation released a report into the NYPD's handling of summer protests over the death of George Floyd They found that the NYPD deployed officers without sufficient training on policing protests Investigators also found that police used excessive force including baton and pepper spray use, mass arrests and encircling protesters, known as 'kettling' The report also found the NYPD lacked a centralized community affairs strategy and a sufficient data collection system