The Mayor spoke to reporters a day after Trump said he would send law enforcement to New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and other cities in a federal crackdown on protests against racism and police brutality sparked by George Floyd's death in Minneapolis police custody on May 25.
De Blasio said Trump's threat may prove to be bluster, but added the city would challenge any deployment in the courts. He said unidentified officers grabbing citizens from the streets "appeared to violate basic constitutional rights."

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