Protests over police-involved killings were still held in the city Friday, but on a smaller scale because of the Dallas tragedy. NY1's Na'eem Douglas filed the following report.
Protestors took the streets in Union Square and Harlem, among other places. The message: end police brutality.
One protester asked, "When do the killings stop?" She was referring to the shooting deaths of three black men at the hands of police this week. The first came on Monday in Brooklyn, followed by deadly altercations in Louisiana and Minnesota that were caught on cell phone video.
"My child could be asking that. 'Is my daddy next?' And what I'm here to say is, no. Your daddy is not next. My kid's daddy is not next,"
Friday's demonstrations drew a lot fewer people than the night before, just an estimated 300 people citywide. Some say it was just the rainy weather, but others suggested the protests needed a night off. That's because of the murder of five Dallas police officers by a sniper looking to retaliate for the shootings earlier in the week.
Still, many who showed up said the fight for justice never rests.
"If we take the day off, does it bring those lost lives back? If we take the day off in memoriam of what they did, then where is the day off for Eric Garner? Where's the day off for Tamir Rice, Darron Small? Where's the day off for Akai Gurley? We don't have have that," said one protester.
"In light of what happened, at the end of the day, I'm a father. I didn't come out here with violence. I'm out here with my daughter. I come out here in peace," said another.
Each of the protesters NY1 talked to said they came out to peacefully protest and that any violence toward police only hampers the conversation they're trying to have.