It was very widespread. No one said it was the “entire force”, do you know how large the force is? You seem mighty quick to absolve “the police.” It was absolutely widespread this has been widely reported as well as investigated. But yeah totally just a few bad apples. Let me know if you need any more receipts of this well documented failure at pretty much all levels to the police response here. There were multiple investigations that found widespread police abuse and look at that, only this week the nypd is about to pay a record settlement over their actions.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/14/nyregion/nypd-george-floyd-protests.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/nyregion/nypd-george-floyd-protests.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-agrees-pay-21500-hundreds-george-floyd-protesters-corralled-police-rcna72921

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-york-police-abused-demonstrators-george-floyd-protest-report-finds-2023-02-06/

• An independent New York City police review board has recommended that the department punish dozens of officers for excessive use of force and other alleged misconduct during protests that followed the 2020 murder of George Floyd, according to a report released on Monday.

“Among the complaints, officers were found to have used batons and pepper spray on peaceful protesters in 140 instances. Dozens of allegations of abuse of authority, including officers refusing to identify themselves, concealing their badges and making false or misleading statements, were also substantiated, the report by Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) said.”