A week ago today, 46-year-old George Floyd died shortly after being restrained and arrested by Minneapolis police in the neighborhood of Powderhorn. Video footage of Floyd's death showed former police officer Derek Chauvin holding his knee on Floyd's neck for a total of nearly nine minutes. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/29/derek-chauvin-police-officer-charged-george-floyd">Per state charging documents</a>, bodycam footage also showed that Chauvin kept his knee on Floyd's neck for two minutes and 43 seconds after Floyd had become non-responsive. Floyd's tragic passing sparked a series of protests and riots not only across the nation, but in cities across the world, as people called for justice for Floyd, a stop to police brutality, and for discrimination against black people to finally come to an end. These protests have seen people from all backgrounds and races, celebrities, and even cops themselves march in unison in cities from Los Angeles to New York in order to spread the message that Black Lives Matter. [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/03b9xobL-sKUnNGKf.mp4||03b9xobL]] Last night, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/05/31/mayor-de-blasios-daughter-chiara-arrested-at-manhattan-protest/">New York Post</a> reported that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's daughter was one of the individuals arrested at a Manhattan protest on Saturday night. The publication was informed by law enforcement sources on Sunday that 25-year-old Chiara de Blasio was taken into custody around 10:30PM after cops declared an unlawful assembly at 12th Street and Broadway in Lower Manhattan. The source claims that Chiara had allegedly been blocking traffic on Broadway and was arrested after she refused to move. "That was a real hotspot, police cars were getting burned there, people were throwing and yelling, fighting with cops. There were thousands of people in that area at that time," the source told the Post. Chiara reportedly did not tell the police she was the mayor's daughter, but did state her residence on East End Avenue as her address - otherwise known as Gracie Mansion, the mayor's Upper East Side home. The arrest came roughly one hour before her father, Mayor Bill de Blasio, instructed people to "go home" during a press conference at the NYC Emergency Management headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1266936605891112960]] At roughly 11:30PM, Mayor de Blasio said: "We appreciate and respect all peaceful protests, but now it is time for people to go home. "If you went out peacefully to make a point about the need for change, you have been heard and change is coming in the city. I have no doubt about that. It’s time to go home so we can all move forward." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1267210409775431682]] On Sunday, Mayor de Blasio spoke in a City Hall press briefing about how anarchist agitators with an "explicit agenda of violence" have co-opted police-brutality protests for destruction. He said: "It is a small number of people. It is well organized, even though many of the people are associated with the anarchist movement." "Some come from outside of the cities. Some are from inside the city. Some are from the neighborhoods where the protests take place. Some are not," he added, blaming the individuals for the nationwide demonstrations that have turned chaotic and violent. Mayor de Blasio did not specify where the interlopers had come from, the Post reports. City Hall has yet to comment on Chiara de Blasio's arrest. On Friday it was revealed that Derek Chauvin, the fired police officer recorded kneeling on Floyd's neck, had been detained and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. More on Chauvin's arrest below: [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/ysnkp2FO-sKUnNGKf.mp4||ysnkp2FO]] The 19-year veteran was arrested by the state’s bureau of criminal apprehension. Hennepin County attorney Mike Freeman revealed in a statement: "We are in the process of continuing to review the evidence. There may be additional charges later." 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. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/AttorneyCrump/status/1266443755613233155]] "The pain that the black community feels over this murder and what it reflects about the treatment of black people in America is raw and spilling out on to streets across [the country]," the statement added. The statement concluded by saying: <blockquote>"Today, George Floyd's family is having to explain to his children why their father was executed by police on video. It's essential that the City closely examines and changes its policing policies and training procedures to correct for the lack of proper field supervision; the use of appropriate, non-lethal restraint techniques; the ability to recognize medical signs associated with the restriction of airflow, and the legal duty to seek emergency medical care and stop a civil rights violation."</blockquote> Under Minnesota law, a first-degree murder charge would require prosecutors to prove Chauvin’s actions were willful and premeditated.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daughter, Chiara, arrested at Manhattan protest

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