Newark Residents Reject Police Curfew – The Entire Hood Is Outside (Video)

On Friday the mayor of Newark, New Jersey Ras Baraka enacted a curfew in his city, to try and stop the spread o the deadly coronavirus.

Unfortunately, MTO News has learned that the people in the hood didn’t respect the curfew.

Here is video of the people of Newark out in the streets violating curfew

Mayor Baraka told members of the media that the curfew would be mandatory unless there’s an emergency or a person is going to or coming from work. He said essential stores like supermarkets, pharmacies and gas stations could stay open beyond 8 p.m.

But video surfaced of police walking through one o the city’s most violent housing projects – and everyone was out in the streets. Officers had to maneuver through crowds of people – to try and maintain order.

Eventually the police gave up – and left.

.Here is video of the people of Newark out in the streets violating curfew