In Minneapolis, police in riot gear put on a massive show of force to confront growing throngs of protesters. Saturday’s protests were largely peaceful during the day but violence broke out in cities across America overnight despite curfews issued in many. Trump tweeted Saturday night that the Guard “should have been used 2 days ago & there would not have been damage & Police Headquarters would not have been taken over & ruined. Brian Kemp on Saturday ordered the deployment of up to 500 members of the Guard to Atlanta. Tim Walz moving on Saturday to activate another 1,000 Guard soldiers, adding he was considering federal help. The National Guard was activated in Washington, Atlanta and Minneapolis, with Minnesota Gov. By the way, they love African-American people. I have no idea if they’re going to be here. Trump had previously called the Minneapolis protesters “thugs” and threatened to unleash gunfire on them, fueling outrage among critics who said he was inflaming the situation instead of taking steps to defuse it.Īsked by reporters later Saturday if he was stoking racial animus by calling for a counterprotest, Trump said, “No, not at all. One of the officers involve in the arrest has been arrested and charged with murder. The Secret Service partially sealed off the White House grounds Friday amid nationwide protests following the death of an African-American man, George Floyd, who was killed after a Minneapolis police officer pinned Floyd’s neck with his knee. The president also appeared to call for a counter protest, tweeting: “Tonight, I understand, is MAGA NIGHT AT THE WHITE HOUSE?” Many Secret Service agents just waiting for action,” he added. That’s when people would have been really badly hurt, at least. If they had they would.have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen. “Big crowd, professionally organized, but nobody came close to breaching the fence. Time for ‘national conversation’ on policing, Durbin says They let the “protesters” scream & rant as much as they wanted, but whenever someone.got too frisky or out of line, they would quickly come down on them, hard - didn’t know what hit them,” Trump tweeted. I was inside, watched every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe. They were not only totally professional, but very cool. “Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. “Antifa, it’s a lot of radical left, bad people,” he said, though neither the president nor Barr presented evidence of who was behind the burning and looting of buildings and retail outlets.Įarlier, on Saturday morning, the president weighed in on unrest closer to home: He warned protesters who forced the White House into partial lockdown on Friday evening would face “vicious dogs” and “ominous weapons” if they breached the building’s perimeter, praised the actions of the Secret Service and appeared to call his supporters to defy authorities by staging a counterprotest. In comments to reporters as he departed the White House to witness the launch of the SpaceX mission in Florida, Trump implied that the chaos in Minneapolis, New York, Atlanta and other cities was driven by leftist agitators bent on stirring up trouble. Trump’s remark came minutes after Attorney General William Barr warned that those who cross state lines for the purpose of inciting violence could face federal prosecution.
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