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Protests rocked the city in late May and early June after the Minneapolis death of George Floyd, a Black man who was caught on camera begging for help while officers knelt on him. Multiple cops now face charges in his death, but the public outrage over his anguished final moments sparked a nationwide reckoning with policing and social justice. At least one NYPD officer ultimately faced assault charges for shoving a protester during that violent period, which was so intense that the city imposed its first curfew since World War II. Since then, the debate over reform has intensified -- not just...

Of protests came upon a wall of blue. >> support the task force. >> reporter: in an instant it was pandemonium. sources say this was a new strategy to keep marchers out of the street and keep traffic flowing. and they did provide plenty of warning. >> if you unlawfully obstruct pedestrian traffic or walk in the street or roadway, you may be placed under arrest and charged with disorderly conduct. >> the nypd's disorder control unit played that disembodied announcement on a loop during this anti-police brutality rally in union square, the speaker so loud it nearly drowned out part of the rally....