Raleigh mayor ends city’s curfew, state of emergency

Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin has lifted the city’s curfew and ended the State of Emergency.

The curfew was set up on June 1 after vandals damaged downtown Raleigh businesses while protesters marched around the city to protest the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who was killed on May 25 while in police custody in Minneapolis. Police officer Derek Chauvin pinned Floyd to the street and held his knee on Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Chauvin was fired from the police force and charged with second degree murder.

“The removal of the curfew is not an indication we have solved our challenges,” Baldwin said in a press release. “There is still much work to do. All of us, working together, must ensure that racism has no place in our city’s future. We cannot and will not turn the page. Instead, we must remember the tragedies that led to this place – for George Floyd and the countless others who lost their lives to the hands of racism and police violence.

According to the release, once the curfew was in place, there was no property damage, no injuries and only a few people were arrested as protests continued for Floyd.

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This story was originally published June 8, 2020 at 7:54 AM with the headline "Raleigh mayor ends city’s curfew, state of emergency."