But the kettling strategy was broadly defended at the time by Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, who said it was needed because the protesters were defying curfews set after looters ransacked parts of Manhattan.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11810701/Sisters-plaintiffs-awarded-21-500-suing-NYC.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Sewell has appeared at just as many breaking news events as her immediate predecessor Dermot Shea during each of their first year on the job.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/01/02/a-look-at-nypd-commissioner-keechant-sewells-first-year-crime-morale-and-visibility/

The NYPD has not provided a racial breakdown of the roughly 18,000 people on the current list, but in 2018, then Police Commissioner Dermot Shea that 99% of people in the database at that time were Black and Latino men.

Source: https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-department-of-investigation-chief-questioned-about-overdue-report-on-nypd-gang-database