The NYPD chief took a knee with protesters in act of solidarity in Washington Square Park on Monday.
According to WABC, the act of solidarity came after protestors threw bottles at police. Fox Correspondent Bryan Llenas revealed that some people then tried to deescalate the situation, per Insider.
A protestor told NYPD chief Terence Monahan that they needed police support, and help to organize.
Then, in footage of the incident, Monahan can be seen taking a knee with protestors, before talking with and hugging them.
Watch the incredible moment he knelt in solidarity with the protestors:"Thank you for supporting us," one person said in the video. "We gotta continue supporting each other."
The protester also told Monahan: "I'm gonna come to your office, so we can talk. We gone talk so we can organize, alright."
He continued: "We gone continue marching peacefully. I promise you, alright. Have a good day. I love you."
He advised the protestors to stay safe.
"The people who live in New York want New York to end the violence," Monahan said. "Get the intruders that are not from this city the h**** out of here and give us back our city."
Monahan added: "We've had five days of war here, that needs to end. It has to end today."
He advised the peaceful protestors to return to their homes once the sun sets.
"Leave it out to those who are to cause damage and we'll get rid of them," he said. "We'll get rid of those that are ruining your neighborhood."
This comes after George Floyd's death on May 25, He was an African-American man who passed away after being detained and arrested by American police.
Per the Guardian, after reviewing the bodycam footage of Floyd's arrest, state charging documents allege that the now-former Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for a total of nearly nine minutes.
It also states that Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck for two minutes and 43 seconds after Floyd had become non-responsive.
Floyd's family has since released a statement calling Chauvin's arrest a "welcome but overdue step on the road to justice” and added that members “expected a first-degree murder charge" - which they still demand.
A list of resources to support the Black Lives Matter movement can be found, here.