Never-released internal NYPD report cites ‘shortcomings and missteps’ in response to 2020 George Floyd protests

A never-released internal NYPD report paints a damning picture of the department’s handling of the George Floyd protests in 2020 that led to days of rioting and looting across the city — finding that no single police commander was calling the shots, officers lacked “timely intelligence” in the first days of the unrest, and there was a failure to utilize highly-touted resources to better control the situation. The report, reviewed by the Daily News, was ordered up by then-Police Commissioner Dermot Shea in the wake of the demonstrations that started on May 27, two days after Floyd died at the h...