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At least three police officers were seriously injured in an attack by protesters against brutality and police violence in new York city, according to local police.

"Three officers were brutally attacked protesters crossing the Brooklyn bridge. Officers received serious wounds", – reads the statement of the city police on Twitter.

The TV station ABC 7 reports that among victims – the head of the police Department of new York Terence Monaghan.

According to the channel, at least 15 people were detained after the incident.

Earlier, the cities of the US, a wave of protests and unrest after the death in Minneapolis at the hands of police of African-American George Floyd. Among the appeals of the activists of the police reform, including changes in the practice of funding law enforcement.