SEE IT: Looters run through Manhattan, raid skateboard shop for more than two minutes before police arrive

Relentless looters hammered away at the windows of a Manhattan skateboard shop and a Union Square department store Monday night with the NYPD nowhere in sight, shocking video from the scene shows.

One video, recorded by a Daily News reporter, shows a group of men, all wearing masks, using bats and wooden planks to pound at windows at Zumiez, a skateboarding apparel store at Broadway near E. 13th St. in the East Village.

A group of men, all wearing masks, used bats and wooden planks to pound at windows at Zumiez, a skateboarding apparel store at Broadway near E. 13th St. in the East Village. (Kerry Burke/New York Daily News)

They punched a hole in the window about 8:30 p.m. as a crowd cheered them on, then crawled inside en masse. More than two minutes go by before the lights and sirens of NYPD vehicles chase them away.

The looting started at the tail end of a massive march through Manhattan to protest police brutality and the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

A group of men, all wearing masks, used bats and wooden planks to pound at windows at Zumiez, a skateboarding apparel store at Broadway near E. 13th St. in the East Village. (Kerry Burke/New York Daily News)

And though the protests started as largely peaceful, looters poured out of the crowd to ransack several stores, including to Kate Spade by Rockefeller Center, the Nike Store near Fifth Ave. and 20th St., and the Zumiez in the photo.

By 8:30 p.m., the protesters with signs and chants had cleared out of Midtown and the East Village, while the looters struck.

About 500 protesters returned an hour later, and the thieves used the crowd as cover, hitting a Banana Republic and Sephora store on Fifth Ave. near 18th and 19th Sts.

A group of men, all wearing masks, used bats and wooden planks to pound at windows at Zumiez, a skateboarding apparel store at Broadway near E. 13th St. in the East Village. (Kerry Burke/New York Daily News)

In several cases, police arrived after the looters struck, pulling their cruisers up to the curb to scatter the thieves but staying in their cars as the group ran off.

“It’s not just about George Floyd. It’s about people who can’t afford things," said one looter, a 22-year-old Bedford-Stuyvesant resident who gave the name Twin Moses. "We’re going to sell this stuff back on the street for a lower price. We’re getting our own back.”

Looting on Broadway and 13th Street in Manhattan, New York City on Monday, June 1. (Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News)

Another looter, who didn’t give his name, rushed out of the store with his arms full of hoodies, designer sportswear and skateboards. “They’ve been beating my a-- for 400 years. Now I’m going to buy my own chains. They call me black. Black America," he said.

Looting on Broadway and 13th Street in Manhattan, New York City on Monday, June 1. (Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News)

Another video shows looters climbing into and out of the Nordstrom Rack store at Union Square for two minutes, ignoring a percussive blast they’d set off.

Looting on Broadway and 13th Street in Manhattan, New York City on Monday, June 1. (Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News)

Police arrived in force about 9:45 p.m. — after the looters lit out. The block was strewn with hundreds of empty sneaker boxes on both sides of the street.

The looters moved from store to store, hitting Cohen’s Fashion Optical, Foot Locker and the Uggs store, all of 14th St. between Fifth and Sixth Aves.

Several rushed into a Duane Reade pharmacy on Fifth Ave. near 23rd. St., carrying out crates of medicine, then moved onto the Marimekko NYC flagship store and a nearby Lego store.

Police fired a percussive grenade to scatter them near W. 24th St., and moved in to line Fifth Ave. as the governor’s 11 p.m. curfew approached.

Shortly after 11 p.m., police arrested a group of men, pulling them off scooters and bikes outside Jewelry In Trend, a costume jewelry store on Broadway at W. 30th St.

Dozens of looters also hit Harmon Kardon, Michael Kors, Microsoft and Coach store off Fifth Ave. in Midtown, and videos on social media also showed chaos, looting and fires along Fordham Road in the Bronx.