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The New York Police Department had instructed the officers to run over and shoot the protesters in Brooklyn.

We cannot verify the statement because it is an allegation against the New York Police Department regarding George Floyd's riot.

We cannot verify the statement because it is an allegation against the New York Police Department regarding George Floyd's riot.A video shows that the police cars move over the protestors when one car was stopped by the protestors in the streets of Brooklyn. This incident occurred at Prospect Park on 30 May 2020, as there were protests all over the United States following the death of George Floyd, an African American. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the incident is under investigation, but stressed that the officers had no other option in such a situation.

TMZ independently found the leaked radio transmissions suggesting to run over and shoot protestors on a website that records police scanners and concluded that the audio is legit but sources from the New York Police Department suggest the audio scanner did not originate from the police. However, there is no credible source to verify that the New York Police Department had instructed the officers to run over and shoot protesters.

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