Nick Pinto

The NYPD will have to now generate a written policy for use of the devices, which were first used by the Navy.

“I was being falsely accused of something I hadn’t done, and I was being prosecuted by the police, the same people who had falsely arrested me, like we were going down the slope to a police state.”

“I was wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt. He said my shirt was a political statement, and he threatened me with arrest if I didn’t move 100 feet back from the polling place.”

“Our first objective here is to get some answers about what happened in this specific case, but the bigger purpose here is to put city officials on notice that when they fail to fulfill their duties, citizens are going to hold them accountable."

From the beginning, the demonstrators on Thursday were flanked and followed by well over 100 police officers, including members of the Strategic Response Group, plainclothes officers, bicycle police, police on motor scooters, and an NYPD helicopter.

“We’re all out here because the NYPD is a violent mob. It’s sad the council couldn’t see that.”

"My God, you guys are cowards."

Among the questions the NYPD and FBI are asking: "What do you know about antifa?” “Are you with anarchist groups?” “Do you follow protest-related accounts?”

It's the 11th day of demonstrations in New York City.

"We’re locked in between walls of police hitting us with batons, hitting us with their bikes, and asking us not to resist."

"Cops charged from the back with batons out. Multiple people hit. Someone bleeding from the head...This wasn’t even a confrontation, it was a trap."

"They're beating on women, helpless women, she's screaming for her life, she's scared," said Tyrell Reed, a 27-year-old Queens resident.