A couple hundred people at Barclays Center now, listening to Lulu Tolulope, 21, of East New York. “The police needs to change their interaction with the community, period. They get so hyped by the power behind the badge, they forget that they’re talking to actual people.
Mister Softee driver just rolled by blaring “Imagine,” gets buzzed by police van
Some teens handing out pizza, granola bars, and water for protesters 
They’re boarding up the Apple Store and Target. Shake Shack already done
I asked NYPD Inspector Dennis Fulton why so many cops don’t wear masks, and he said they do, “but sometimes they break.” There are >30 cops on Atlantic Ave right now. Two of them have masks (Fulton put his on after I took this pic)
Quick break from speeches to check out the cool cars
Meanwhile at Barclays, protesters chanting for cops to take a knee. They decline
Several hundred more people now arriving from another march that began this morning in Union Square. Cops have zip ties ready
Crowd marching east on Atlantic, thousands strong. Cops stalking the perimeter with batons in hand. Peaceful so far
I commuted to the Manhattan protest — follow @GwynneFitz & @scottheins for Brooklyn uodates. Thousands of protesters now marching down Broadway (heaping pile of trash for scale)
In Foley Square, resounding chants of “NYPD take a knee.” Eventually, four cops kneel to huge chants. “We just want to get home safely, same as you,” says one protester.
(Crossed my threads)
Protesters take Flatbush, after crossing the Brooklyn Bridge (the initial Brooklyn march, confusingly, seems to have now crossed into Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge.) Solidarity honks abound
A plea for peace, as protesters take a knee at Dekalb. “We have made so much progress today.”
