ATLANTIC CITY—Mayor Marty Small will hold a news conference Monday at 11 a.m. in the city to address the peaceful protest on Sunday that turned into looting and vandalism.
The conference will be held at the corner of Michigan and Arctic Avenues, in the middle of Tanger Outlets The Walk, where several stores had their storefronts broken into and items stolen.
On Sunday afternoon, about 300 people gathered for a peaceful protest in the city to protest the killing of George Floyd and police brutality. But the peaceful protest soon gave way to confrontations with police officers, crowds of people roaming the streets and the looting of stores.
In response, the city's Office of Emergency Management issued a state of emergency and enacted an 8 p.m. curfew Sunday night. Mayor Small then announced a local emergency declaration from June 1 through June 8 with a citywide curfew of 7 p.m., he said during a press conference at 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
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