A video showing a bystander beating an alleged looter coming out of a vandalized Zara store has gone viral on social media. The video tweeted by MK-Ultra News shows a man tackling down the alleged looter in a white hoodie exiting a Zara store in New York City.

“You are not a black ally,” the bystander yells as he takes the looter down. Other bystanders can be seen breaking the scuffle.

Warning: The video contains graphic language and the content of the video cannot be verified.

The New York City residents have been ordered to stay at home by 8 p.m. after Mayor Bill de Blasio imposed a curfew to curb looting and other violence in the city started Tuesday (June 2). The curfew will run for a week.

“These protests have power and meaning. But as the night wears on we are seeing groups use them to incite violence and destroy property,” de Blasio tweeted late Monday.

Despite the citywide curfew, there have been instances of looting and violence amid protests over the death of George Floyd. The protests have erupted across the U.S. following the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, a black man who died May 25 when a Minneapolis police officer kept kneeling on his neck even after the handcuffed man pleaded that he could not breathe.

According to ABC News, the NYPD Intelligence Bureau is actively looking for license plate numbers from vehicles that were involved in vandalism and looting around Manhattan.

Meanwhile, the investigators are collecting surveillance photos from several looted stores in order to identify the suspects.

The NYPD banned any nonessential traffic after 8 p.m. in an effort to impose the curfew.

De Blasio released an update that they do not need the National Guard to come into New York City.

“When outside armed forces go into communities, there is no good that comes out of it. We have seen this for decades,” de Blasio said in his address.

He stated that people who are not trained for the conditions in New York City, they protect the people differently. The mayor warned that it will be dangerous to call in the armed forces in the city.

“The National Guard should not be brought here. We have 36,000 police officers. They are the best-equipped to deal with this situation,” de Blasio added.

The incidents of violence and looting have threatened to weaken the ongoing protests against the death of George Floyd and police brutality.

Looters targeted shops across New York, including luxury stores and electronics outlets
Looters targeted shops across New York, including luxury stores and electronics outlets AFP / Bryan R. Smith
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