New York City's curfew will begin 3 hours earlier and last at least 5 more nights as lockdowns and violence sweep the country

New York City will extend its curfew, now beginning at 8 p.m., through at least Sunday June 6, the mayor said Tuesday.
On Monday, an 11 p.m. curfew did little to quell unrest and violence in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
While thousands of people gathered peacefully in Brooklyn and Manhattan surrounded by officers, a small number of demonstrators damaged and looted upscale stores in Manhattan's retail core.
President Trump urged the city to call on the National Guard to forcibly impose peace, as other states have done.
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New York City's historic curfew, the first in more than a half-century in the United States' largest city, will be begin before sunset, at 8 p.m., and last until at least Sunday June 7.

Mayor Bill de Blasio made the announcement Tuesday morning, following a fourth night of civil unrest in the city that were largely unaffected by the first curfew imposed at 11 p.m. Monday, which also came with a doubled police presence. While thousands of people gathered peacefully in Brooklyn and Manhattan surrounded by officers, a small number of demonstrators damaged and looted upscale stores in Manhattan's retail core.

Cities across the country, including many of the largest, have implemented curfews over recent days as demonstrations proliferated following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on May 25. Only one officer of the four caught on video of the incident has been criminally charged, fueling the nationwide unrest.

At least six people have been killed in demonstrations across the country, The New York Times reported. In New York, 47 police vehicles were damaged, 33 officers injured, and more than 700 people arrested, police said. Nationwide, photos of burning trash cans, police cruisers, and buildings quickly become iconic images of the movement.

In response, 67,000 National Guard troops have been deployed by 23 state governors to help quell the violence, a number that dwarfs the soldiers deployed to fight the coronavirus pandemic in recent months. In the nation's capital, President Donald Trump threatened to deploy active military into cities to crack down on the demonstrations. And as protesters stood peacefully in Lafayette Park near the White House, the group was forcibly removed for Trump to walk to a nearby church for a photo-op.

"NYC, CALL UP THE NATIONAL GUARD," Trump tweeted as the extended curfew was being announced Tuesday. "The lowlifes and losers are ripping you apart. Act fast! Don't make the same horrible and deadly mistake you made with the Nursing Homes!!!"

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