. >>> beautiful moment of calm there as chief terence monahan of the new york city police departmenteeled in solidarity with protesters. welcome back to "cbs this morning". it's that moment of calm there in new york and other moments across the country. but unfortunately here in this city, those positive feelings did not last into night. there was looting and clashes and those marred another day of peaceful demonstrations in the city as many ignored a new curfew. earlier we tagged along with moan and asked him about the nypd's response to the protests so far. >> what happened in minnesota was an outrage. completely and totally. but 800,000 law enforcement officers around this country are paying for the price for what that guy did in minnesota. >> can you understand the anger? >> yes i see the anger. protest. yell. scream. don't take your rage out on the commune, destroy the businesses that employ members of this community. >> reporter: after violence erupted over the weekend chief terence monahan and the nearly 40,000 officers he oversees geared up for more protests. >> where's the l

. >> that's ynpd chief terence monahan speaking with protesters and then kneeling with them in atlantaficers in riot gear did just that. >> highway patrolman making a gesture stepping out of formation giving her a hug. >> we had an opportunity to show that love wins. >> in lexington, kentucky, activists and officers looked nothing. there were chants and cheers over lighthearted games of rock, paper, scissors. >>> in louisiana a young protestor overcome by emotion when he was comforted by a shreveport officer who stepped in to show his report. >> you think of everything colin kaepernick went through to take a knee, now to see all of his officers doing it, it's remarkable. >> it is. >> more images like that tomorrow we hope. i'm christine romans. >> i'm laura jarrett. "new day" is next. your world is changing. it's ok to just stay quiet. it's ok to feel like you just wanna become someone else. it's ok to weep for hours in the middle of the day. it's ok to talk to your cats like they understand what you're saying. it's ok. it's ok. it's ok. we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i r

. >>> we're very fortunate tonight to have the top uniformed nypd member, terence monahan.ef, good to have you. thank you. >> thank you, chris. >> you guys think you're looking at a better night tonight and if so why? >> we're hoping so. we put some more things in place. shut down all traffic south of 96th street, which will make it a lot easier for us to move from one location to another. we need to benimble. with the curfew at 8:00, it gives us a reason, if we have a group starting to cause trouble we can stop them all and hopefully get them all off the street. we still have a lot of people marching around right now. we're monitoring groups of 1,000 here and a thousand there throughout manhattan and still some in brooklyn. as of now, it's been limited problems, but obviously we have our eye on it. >> you have a long way to go, obviously. it's always been the law man's problem, the darker it gets at night you will have more opportunity. what's your straight tyake why things went sideways last night. i was getting videos all day about looters. was it because there wasn't en

chief of department terence monahan calls it troubling it goes back to 1996. >>we haven't seen this level of violence, researchers with the council on criminal justice looked at homicide rates across 64 cities this year compared to the previous 3 years if you see see sun in crime trends across country you need to look at some type national shock to the system. >>broader underlying structural trends are not explain as part of their study released this morning the authors cite 2 major trends, the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath of floyd's death historically incidents like the police involved killing of michael brown in ferguson freddie gray in baltimore had led to a period of more gun violence. >>now many cities are seeing more violent crime as protesters call to defund police departments and police reforms across the country are put into place in atlanta, a task force is working to rethink training policies for the city's officers, there is a fierce urgency of now. >>in our communities it will be felt immediately in the communities that we protect. >>las

chief of department terence monahan calls it troubling it goes back to 1996. >>we haven't seen this level of violence, researchers with the council on criminal justice looked at homicide rates across 64 cities this year compared to the previous 3 years if you see see sun in crime trends across country you need to look at some type national shock to the system. >>broader underlying structural trends are not explain as part of their study released this morning the authors cite 2 major trends, the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath of floyd's death historically incidents like the police involved killing of michael brown in ferguson freddie gray in baltimore had led to a period of more gun violence. >>now many cities are seeing more violent crime as protesters call to defund police departments and police reforms across the country are put into place in atlanta, a task force is working to rethink training policies for the city's officers, there is a fierce urgency of now. >>in our communities it will be felt immediately in the communities that we protect. >>las

chief of department terence monahan calls it troubling. >> it goes back to 1996, that we haven't seenlevel of violence. >> reporter: researchers with the counsel on criminal justice looked at homicide rates across 64 cities this year, compared to the previous three years. >> if you see significant sudden changes in crime trends across the country, you need to look at some type of national shock to the system. sort of broader underlying structural trends are not going to explain it. >> reporter: as part of their study released this morning, the authors cite two major trends. the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath of floyd's death. historically, incidents like the police-involved killing of michael brown in ferguson, freddie gray in baltimore have led to a period of more gun violence. now many cities are seeing more violent crime as protesters call to to defund police departments and police reform are put into place. in atlanta, a task force is working to rethink training policies for the city's officers. >> there is a fierce urgency of now in our communities. >> it will be felt imm

so today we went and talked to the nypd chief of department, terence monahan about what has changed and what police officers can do in the future in order to keep tensions at a lower point going forward with the citizens of this city. let's listen. >> over the past couple days, there's been a de-escalation, the tensions haven't been as high. what do you attribute that too? >> last night we did real well. it was a very good night in comparison to the crazy nights we did before. the 8:00 curfew really did help us. it allowed us to identify groups that were looking to cause trouble and get rid of them very quickly and stopping the traffic south of 96th street really, really helped. we were able to get our resources in and out really fast. so we were able to prevent anything that started. >> even within the large groups of protesters that were coming up and, you know, getting close to officers, there wasn't an escalation between the officers and the protesters. was there a change in strategy or change in directive to the officers on the street? >> no. over the last three days we've seen a c

terence monahan in new york city and c.j.h carolina, also president of the national organization of black law enforcement executives. and, chief davis, let me begin with you. nine days of protests right now, something deep seems to be happening in the country. so what do you say to those protesters who believe that policing in america is plagued by systemic racism? >> well, i will have to say, first of all, good morning and thank you. i would have to say that the emotions and feelings that we see expressed out on the streets of cities all across the country are felt in a way that are substantiated. there have been years and years of systemic racism in law enforcement and for many years noble has been on the forefront of those conversations to try t work with our protesters and individuals in our communities opportunity and the space to express themselves, but at the same time, we also send a message that we have to take care of our community. we still have to live here. so we've got to continue to work together so that these