Law enforcement officials in St. Louis have allegedly served a warrant on the St. Louis couple who recently defended their home when a large mob of angry demonstrators allegedly trespassed onto their private property.
“5 On Your Side has learned St. Louis police officers executed a search warrant Friday evening at the home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the Central West end couple who confronted protesters with weapons in June,” KSDK News <a href="https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/mccloskeys-served-with-warrant-police-take-rifle-shown-in-viral-pictures-st-louis-protests/63-c6059a94-528c-4fa5-8fea-4a87fba31f1c">reported</a>. “Sources tell 5 On Your Side police seized one of the weapons, the rifle, from the couple and they told police their attorney has the pistol seen in photos.”
Fox News host Shannon Bream confirmed the news in a tweet, writing, &#8220;BREAKING: Warrant reportedly served on St. Louis couple who stood outside their home with weapons as protesters approached. We&#8217;re told weapon(s) seized. We&#8217;ve got the warrant and pictures for you at 11p &#8211; PLUS, Missouri @AGEricSchmitt joins us LIVE&#8230;”
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BREAKING: Warrant reportedly served on St. Louis couple who stood outside their home with weapons as protesters approached. We&#39;re told weapon(s) seized. We&#39;ve got the warrant and pictures for you at 11p &#8211; PLUS, Missouri <a href="https://twitter.com/AGEricSchmitt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AGEricSchmitt</a> joins us LIVE <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/foxnewsnight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNewsNight</a>
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Attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon responded to the news by tweeting, &#8220;Missouri is a Castle Doctrine state, permitted among the broadest latitudes of any state in using even deadly force to protect yourself or your property. This couple used NO force, despite the imminent threat from a trespassing mob. The seizure of weapons is government overreach.&#8221;
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Missouri is a Castle Doctrine state, permitted among the broadest latitudes of any state in using even deadly force to protect yourself or your property. This couple used NO force, despite the imminent threat from a trespassing mob. The seizure of weapons is government overreach. <a href="https://t.co/CZI3w3GhpE">https://t.co/CZI3w3GhpE</a>
&mdash; Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) <a href="https://twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1281784497499852806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The left-wing demonstrators returned to the couple&#8217;s home last week and were met by private security that was guarding the home.
&#8220;When about 300 protesters returned Friday — holdings signs reading &#8216;Black Lives Matter. Period&#8217; and &#8216;No Justice, No Peace&#8217; — a more subdued Mark McCloskey could be seen peering out from his balcony while his wife appeared to be shooting video of the marchers on her mobile phone,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/05/st-louis-couple-stay-on-balcony-as-protesters-return-to-mansion/">reported</a>. &#8220;The photos also show private security guards setting up barricades and securing the gate prior to Friday’s new demonstration.&#8221;
Mark McCloskey, who guarded his private property with an AR-15, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeowner-sounds-off-rioters-threatened-to-kill-us-take-our-home-rifle-only-thing-that-saved-us?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter">told</a> a local news station following the incident, “We were threatened with our lives, threatened with the house being burned down, my office building being burned down, even our dog’s life being threatened. It was about as bad as you can get. You know, I really thought it was the storming of Bastille, that we would be dead and the house would be burned and there was nothing we could do about it. It was a huge and frightening crowd and they broke in the gate and they were coming at us.”
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, a Democrat, claimed that the McCloskey&#8217;s defending their private property was a &#8220;violent assault&#8221; and that authorities “will use the full power of Missouri law to hold people accountable.”
Albert Watkins, the McCloskeys’ attorney, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/st-louis-gun-couple-investigated-clash-protesters">told</a> Fox News that &#8220;If Kimberly Gardner wants to press charges against two attorneys who are protecting their home and their family and themselves on their own property, I will tell you that it will be nothing short of the proverbial cluster f***.&#8221;
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Couple points guns at protesters marching to St. Louis mayor&#8217;s home to demand resignation

Warrant Served On St. Louis Couple Who Defended Private Property, Rifle Confiscated

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On Wednesday morning, protesters in North Carolina decided to demonstrate against racism by slowing down en masse on a North Carolina highway, thus delaying traffic and possibly endangering people by slowing the response of first responders. But after roughly 40 minutes, State Highway Patrol officers started pulling over the demonstrators.
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BREAKING: Multiple arrests following a demonstration for social justice on I-40 that slowed traffic to a crawl <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/abc11?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#abc11</a> <a href="https://t.co/K0aHMwxfW3">pic.twitter.com/K0aHMwxfW3</a>
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The demonstration, which ABC 11 reported was titled, &#8220;SlowDown2StopRacism,” commenced on Interstate 40 at 8:46 a.m. and then traveled to I-40. “Drivers were asked to slow the traffic to ‘advance the people&#8217;s movement to end systemic racism,’ ABC 11 stated, adding, “A flier for the event said demonstrations were happening all over North Carolina … Participating drivers were asked to stay in their cars and maintain a safe distance from other vehicles.”
An announcement of the planned protest <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheFayettevilleVoice/posts/609717076344678">on Facebook</a> stated, “Join in by slowing down to advance the people’s movement to end systemic racism. At 8:46 a.m. slow down to 10 mph anywhere on I-40. This is the people’s protest.  The slowdown can be individually or a collective effort.” It added, “Maintain safe distances. Stay in your vehicles. End at 9:30 a.m. Spread the word.” The announcement named cities where the protest should take place, writing, “Calling all N.C. cities: Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville, Charlotte, Greensboro, Asheville, Wilmington. Join in.”
<a href="https://www.wral.com/cars-come-to-a-standstill-on-i-40-in-raleigh-to-protest-george-floyd-s-death/19159312/?fbclid=IwAR0MuFF91q92m0dEsLruT0gXQ2t_TYN5mGhm8r1CCDxbxBbeVdSDyl8YWKU">WRAL</a> reported, “Although the protest was advertised as ‘statewide,&#8221;’ the slowdown appeared to be limited to Raleigh,” adding that the was planned for 8:46 a.m. to commemorate the eight minutes and forty-six seconds a Minnesota police officer knelt on George Floyd’s death before he died.
“Zainab Baloch, a former Raleigh mayoral candidate and Young Americans Protest co-founder, said the slowdown is meant to bring more attention to demands to defund police and hold them accountable. In Raleigh ‘the City Council has yet to do any kind of comprehensive police reform,’ she said. ‘It’s unacceptable,’” the <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article243743152.html">News Observer</a>reported.
The Raleigh City Council recently approved a $1.1 million increase for the <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article243542042.html">Raleigh Police Department. </a> “The budget, which the City Council approved unanimously, includes a $1.1 million increase for the Raleigh Police Department but not an additional $5.2 million sought by the police and fire departments … Nearly $3 million of the $5.2 million would have funded 28 new police positions including two specialized units focused on mental health and homelessness and parks and greenways,” the News Observer noted.
Last Friday, two Confederate statues in Raleigh were torn down by protesters, but police ultimately didn&#8217;t stop them. &#8220;A spokeswoman for the State Capitol police said officers were told to stand down not long before protesters toppled monuments on the capitol grounds. She said the chief of State Capitol police made the call to &#8216;protect protesters, bystanders and law enforcement,'&#8221; WRAL <a href="https://www.wral.com/officials-explain-lack-of-police-intervention-during-height-of-friday-s-protest-monuments-removal/19153912/">reported</a>. Initially, officers cut the ropes of protesters and engaged with protesters, injuring several police officers, but State Capitol Police Chief Chip Hawley decided to pull police back after protesters  again tried to attack the monument, according to N.C. Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Pam Walker.
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Thousands of maskless protesters running rampant through the streets? No problem. A political rally for President Trump? Out of the question!
That&#8217;s the take of Joy Behar, a co-host of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View,&#8221; who claims Trump’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally on Saturday is a far greater danger to public health than the Black Lives Matter protests occurring across the U.S.
“He only cares that you come and supply kudos to his massive ego,” Behar said Tuesday before demanding Trump supporters stay home. “He won’t even give you health insurance if you get sick. Why are you going? Why?”
“The rally for Trump is indoors,” Behar said. “The protesters are out in the streets and most of them are wearing masks, I notice, even though a lot of them are not. And they should be, but the indoor situation is ten times worse and much more dangerous. That’s all. It’s completely different.”
Another co-host, Sunny Hostin, agreed. “You’re inviting 60,000 people to a rally where … masks are optional,” she said. “They very well may be infected with a life-ending virus. I just think it’s – he&#8217;s a menace.”
Fellow co-host Meghan McCain, a conservative, said Behar and Hostin are hypocrites for praising gathering with tens of thousands of people while lambasting Trump for holding a rally.
“The message from the media is as long as you are protesting something or going to a rally that is of the right politics, you can do it and we’ll ignore the spread of COVID[-19],” Ms. McCain said, Mediaite <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/joy-behar-meghan-mccain-clash-over-hypocrisy-of-pandemic-rallies-im-sorry-thats-ridiculous/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a>.
“So going to a Trump rally is somehow more dangerous than going to a rally in Brooklyn over the weekend,&#8221; McCain said. &#8220;We have to be consistent on this. And what we’re seeing is a lot of anger festering up. When you’re seeing people who are now taking it into their own hands and going and opening up playgrounds in Brooklyn because [Mayor Bill] de Blasio won’t let them, but at the same time hundreds of thousands of people can go protest in Brooklyn. The messaging is very confusing for people.”
But Behar and Hostin left out the fact that Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale wrote on Twitter that rally attendees will undergo temperature checks and receive free face masks and hand sanitizer before entering the venue.
And Meghan Blood, a spokesman for the BOK Center, where the rally will be held, told <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/tusla-trump-rally-coronavirus-324004">Politico</a> that the center will adhere to the state’s regulations for events.
“Government officials have advised that the campaign rally as planned is consistent with the guidance for the OURS [Open Up &amp; Recover Safely] plan for entertainment venues, however, in the event that the governing authorities impose new restrictions, we will notify the event organizers immediately,” Blood said in a statement to Politico.
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Protests Continue Across The Country In Reaction To Death Of George Floyd

‘Completely Different’: Host Of ‘The View’ Says Trump Rally ‘10 Times Worse’ Health Risk Than BLM Protests

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Iran sponsored an international art exhibition highlighting the death of American George Floyd, who died while being arrested by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day.
The exhibition, titled “I can’t breathe” after Floyd’s own comments during his final moments, featured artwork depicting Floyd’s arrest, U.S. police as Nazis and white supremacists, and the United States as a systemically racist country. In one painting, a Guillotine for “black people” was decorated with an American flag blade, according to Iranian state television video shared by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
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Masoud Shojaei Tabtabaei, the director of the Center for Visual Arts in Hozeh Honari, explained the exhibition in an interview with state television.
“After we witnessed the bitter incident in which a black man was murdered by American police, we also witnessed a wave of protests in America and it has spread to other western countries. Since the pleading and the cries for help were accompanied by the words ‘I can’t breathe,’ we named the exhibition ‘I can’t breathe,’” Tabtabaei said according to MEMRI.
“In our view, the fire was smoldering underneath the ashes and it has now erupted. This is not only happening in America, we are witnessing a wave of protests against racial discrimination in all Western countries,” Tabtabaei continued. “We invited our friends, the artists, to accompany us in this. The result is 72 pieces by 45 artists from 27 countries.”
Floyd’s death has sparked a wave of civil unrest in major American cities that has spread internationally to countries such as Japan, France, and New Zealand. Iran has used the unrest to characterize the U.S. as a prolific violator of human rights while ignoring its own systemic problems.
For example, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif defended the government’s policy of executing citizens found to be gay last year, according to <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/iran-defends-execution-of-gay-people/a-49144899">DW</a>.
“Our society has moral principles. And we live according to these principles. These are moral principles concerning the behavior of people in general. And that means that the law is respected and the law is obeyed,” Zarif said in response to a question on the law from a German reporter. He continued to attack alleged human rights violations by the U.S. and Israel.
An increase in gasoline prices sparked a massive wave of protests against the Iranian regime last year. The government responded forcefully, killing potentially hundreds of its own citizens in an effort to quell the backlash against its government. An Iranian economy devastated by U.S. sanctions contributed to the unrest and anger against the regime.
“The recent use of lethal force against people throughout the country is unprecedented, even for the Islamic Republic and its record of violence,” Omid Memarian, the deputy director at the Center for Human Rights in Iran, told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/01/world/middleeast/iran-protests-deaths.html">The New York Times</a> in December.
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Hassan Rouhani

Iran Puts On ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Art Exhibition, Shows Trump As Hitler, Police as Ku Klux Klan

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The U.S. Soccer Federation repealed the league&#8217;s ban on kneeling during the pre-game national anthem on Wednesday following recent protests and riots raging throughout the nation ostensibly over the death of George Floyd, a black male who died last month after a police officer knelt on the 46-year-old’s neck for over eight minutes during an arrest, as shown in viral video footage.
&#8220;The U.S. Soccer Board of Directors voted yesterday afternoon to repeal Policy 604-1, which required our players to stand during the national anthem,&#8221; U.S. Soccer <a href="https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2020/06/us-soccer-board-of-directors-votes-to-repeal-policy-national-anthem-policy">announced</a> Wednesday.
&#8220;The policy was put in place after Megan Rapinoe kneeled in solidarity with the peaceful protest inspired by Colin Kaepernick, who was protesting police brutality, and the systematic oppression of Black people and people of color in America,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;It has become clear that this policy was wrong and detracted from the important message of Black Lives Matter.&#8221;
&#8220;We have not done enough to listen – especially to our players – to understand and acknowledge the very real and meaningful experiences of Black and other minority communities in our country,&#8221; the organization continued. &#8220;We apologize to our players – especially our Black players – staff, fans, and all who support eradicating racism. Sports are a powerful platform for good, and we have not used our platform as effectively as we should have. We can do more on these specific issues and we will.&#8221;
Going forward, U.S. Soccer said, it will be &#8220;up to our players to determine how they can best use their platforms to fight all forms of racism, discrimination, and inequality.&#8221;
&#8220;We are here for our players and are ready to support them in elevating their efforts to achieve social justice. We cannot change the past, but we can make a difference in the future. We are committed to this change effort, and we will be implementing supporting actions in the near future,&#8221; the statement closed.
As previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47169/us-womens-soccer-co-captain-ill-probably-never-hank-berrien">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, Megan Rapinoe began kneeling during the anthem in 2016. “I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties,” the athlete claimed at the time.
Rapinoe was forced to drop the kneeling act after the U.S. Soccer Federation responded with a policy requiring the national team to “stand respectfully.”
“Our national anthem is an opportunity … to reflect upon the liberties and freedom we all appreciate in this country. As part of the privilege to represent your country, we have an expectation that our players and coaches will stand and honor our flag while the national anthem is played,” a <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnDHalloran/status/776607393098661889">statement</a> from the organization said at the time.
Despite publicly praising the United States and acknowledging that she will “respect” the standing policy, Rapinoe bashed the bylaw in May, telling Yahoo! Sports: “Using this blanketed patriotism as a defense against what the protest actually is was pretty cowardly. I think the NFL does it. I felt like the statement from U.S. Soccer, and then the rule they made without ever talking to me, that was the same as what the NFL was doing — just to not have the conversation, to try to just stop me from doing what I’m doing instead of at least having a conversation, and trying to figure out a [solution] that makes sense for everyone.”
Moreover, Rapinoe notably refused to put her hand over her heart and sing along to the national anthem during World Cup matches last summer &#8212; an act, she later claimed, was an “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47169/us-womens-soccer-co-captain-ill-probably-never-hank-berrien">F you</a>” to “sexist,” “racist,” and “small-minded” President Donald Trump.
Apparently, the U.S. Soccer Federation is now on board with Rapinoe and other players&#8217; protesting.
Since Floyd&#8217;s death, all four officers involved in the arrest have been fired, investigations from the FBI and state law enforcement have been opened, and the officer at the center of the incident was taken into custody and charged with second-degree murder; the three other officers involved have since been <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/george-floyd-officers-charges/index.html">charged</a>, too.
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U.S. Soccer Reverses Course On Kneeling During National Anthem; Issues Apology, Support For BLM

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Stan Wischnowski, the executive editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, has resigned following twenty years working at the organization after the newspaper ran the headline “Buildings Matter, Too” on an architecture critic’s column drawing attention to the negative consequences of damaging property and buildings.
The Inquirer <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/stan-wischnowski-resigns-philadelphia-inquirer-20200606.html">reported</a> that the executive editor announced his resignation “days after discontent among the newspaper’s staff erupted over a headline on a column about the impact of the civil unrest following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.”
The newspaper’s publisher told staff in a memo that they will “look both internally and externally for a second leader who embodies our values, embraces our shared strategy, and understands the diversity of the communities we serve.”
After the incident, Wischnowski and two other editors issued an article-length <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/columnists/floyd-protest-center-city-philadelphia-lootings-52nd-street-walnut-chestnut-street-20200601.html">apology</a> for suggesting that “the loss of buildings and the lives of Black Americans” were equivalent.
“The headline offensively riffed on the Black Lives Matter movement, and suggested an equivalence between the loss of buildings and the lives of black Americans. That is unacceptable,” said the editors. “While no such comparison was intended, intent is ultimately irrelevant. An editor’s attempt to capture a columnist’s nuanced argument in a few words went horribly wrong, and the resulting hurt and anger are plain.”
The editors also explained the editing process, promised “to listen as we work to improve,” and shared that they held a “two-hour newsroom-wide meeting” on Wednesday to listen to the “sadness, anger and despair” of employees. Diane Mastrull, president of the NewsGuild of Greater Philadelphia union, told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/business/media/editor-philadephia-inquirer-resigns.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage">The New York Times</a> in an interview that the staff also discussed diversity and pay inequity.
Over three dozen “journalist of color at the Philadelphia Inquirer” also signed an open letter expressing that they were “tired of the hasty apologies and silent corrections,” and the “workshops and worksheets and diversity panels,” and the actions from leadership eroding trust in the community with “careless, unempathetic decisions.”
“We’re tired of shouldering the burden of dragging this 200-year-old institution kicking and screaming into a more equitable age. We’re tired of being told of the progress the company has made and being served platitudes about ‘diversity and inclusion’ when we raise our concerns. We’re tired of seeing our words and photos twisted to fit a narrative that does not reflect our reality. We’re tired of being told to show both sides of issues there are no two sides of,” said the letter.
“We demand action. We demand a plan, with deadlines. We demand full, transparent commitment to changing how we do business. No more ‘handling internally.’ No more quiet corrections. If we are to walk into a better world, we need to do it with our chests forward—acknowledge and accept where we make mistakes, and show how we learn from them. Your embarrassment is not worth more than our humanity,” said the letter, before concluding: “This is what it means to ‘give a damn.’”
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Protests Continue In Philadelphia In Response To Death Of George Floyd In Minneapolis

Philadelphia Inquirer Editor Resigns Days After Apologizing For ‘Buildings Matter’ Headline

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was booed away from a protest when a woman with a microphone turned the crowd against him after he refused to say he would defund the local police department.
A video of the event posted by WCCO reporter David Schuman shows that before the protester with the microphone turned the crowd against the mayor, she tells him that he has a “yes or no question” to answer: “Will you commit to defunding the Minneapolis police department?”
It’s unclear if the mayor answers the question, as the protestor proceeds to lecture him about the community not wanting police — while the crowd cheers her on.
“Alright, be quiet, y&#8217;all. Be quiet, cause it’s important that we actually hear this. It’s important that we hear this because if y’all don’t know, he’s up for re-election next year,” said the protester, as the crowd cheers her on. “If ya’ll don’t know, he’s up for re-election next year, and if he says no, guess what the f*** we going to do next.”
The crowd again erupts into cheers, and a drum beating near the camera can be heard, before the woman shushes the crowd to hear his answer. While the mayor’s answer isn’t audible, it was nevertheless unsatisfactory to the protester, who then ushers him to “get the f*** out of here!”
Other members of the crowd begin to boo him, and then protesters erupted into a chant calling on the mayor to leave, repeating “Go home. Go home, Jacob, go home.” Members of the crowd make an opening for the mayor, who slowly begins to leave as a couple of protesters follow him, shouting.
In another video, posted by the labor advocacy organization CTUL, the crowd appears to stop shouting “go home,” in favor of repeatedly chanting “shame.”
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Whoa. <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorFrey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MayorFrey</a> is asked “Will you commit to defunding police, yes or no?” Speaker says his re-election hinges on the answer. Couldn’t hear answer but the crowd erupts in boos, chanting “GO HOME JACOB.”
Full video: <a href="https://t.co/zODcbYGdeS">pic.twitter.com/zODcbYGdeS</a>
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Mayor Frey <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacob_Frey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jacob_Frey</a> says he doesnt want to defund the police. So the crowd led by <a href="https://twitter.com/BlackVisionsMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BlackVisionsMN</a> tell him to leave. <a href="https://t.co/DaJHJXPwRm">pic.twitter.com/DaJHJXPwRm</a>
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After he was booed, Frey told a local <a href="https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/4580782-mayor-frey-gives-statement-at-protest-for-not-supporting-defunding-mpd/">CBS News</a> affiliate about his stance on police reforms: “If you’re asking whether I’m for massive structural reform to revise a structurally racist system: The answer is yes. If you’re asking whether I will do everything possible to push back against the inherent inequities that are literally built into the architecture: The answer is yes.  If you’re asking whether I’m willing to do everything I possibly can, throughout the rest of my term, to make sure that the police union, the police contract, the arbitration system, and some of these policies that have resulted in problems — specifically for black and brown people, and murder by the way — over a series of generations, I’m all for that.”
“I’m not for abolishing the entire police department, and I’ll be honest about that too,” said the mayor.
According to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/minneapolis-city-council-members-aim-to-dismantle-police-department-rethink-public-safety">Fox News</a>, members of the Minneapolis city council declared on Twitter earlier this week that they were going to “dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.” One of the city council members who tweeted this is Jeremiah Ellison, the son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who is prosecuting the case against the former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.
Lisa Bender, the president of the Minneapolis City Council, has also called for the police to be dismantled and replaced with a “transformative new model of public safety.”
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Yes. We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety. <a href="https://t.co/FCfjoPy64k">https://t.co/FCfjoPy64k</a>
— Lisa Bender (@lisabendermpls) <a href="https://twitter.com/lisabendermpls/status/1268644819628224513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Anti-Racism Protests Held In U.S. Cities Nationwide

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On Friday, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees issued an Instagram statement to President Donald Trump.
“To Donald Trump,” the text-image reads:
<blockquote>Through my ongoing conversations with friends, teammates, and leaders in the black community, I realize this is not an issue about the American flag. It has never been. We can no longer use the flag to turn people away or distract them from the real issues that face our black communities.
We did this back in 2017, and regretfully I brought it back with my comments this week. We must stop talking about the flag and shift our attention to the real issues of systemic racial injustice, economic oppression, police brutality, and judicial &amp; prison reform.
We are at a critical juncture in our nation’s history! If not now, then when? We as a white community need to listen and learn from the pain and suffering of our black communities. We must acknowledge the problems, identify the solutions, and then put this into action. The black community cannot do it alone. This will require all of us.</blockquote>
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The Instagram post from Brees has more than 237,000 “likes” as of publication.
Brees’ latest post is likely in response to the following tweet from President Trump:
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&#8230;We should be standing up straight and tall, ideally with a salute, or a hand on heart. There are other things you can protest, but not our Great American Flag &#8211; NO KNEELING!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1268998143733051394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
Brees has been caught up in controversy since Wednesday, when during an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">interview</a> with Yahoo Finance, he spoke about the anthem kneeling protests in the NFL.
Yahoo Finance Editor-at-Large Daniel Roberts asked Brees about the possibility that anthem kneeling would return to the NFL in light of the ongoing protests and riots following the killing of George Floyd.
Brees replied in part:
<blockquote>I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America, or our country&#8230;
Is everything right with our country right now? No, it’s not. We still have a long way to go. But I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart is it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together, we can all do better, and that we are all part of the solution.</blockquote>
Read his full statement <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">here</a>.
After the interview went live, Brees was hit with intense <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-quarterback-drew-brees-dragged-for-anthem-kneeling-remarks">backlash</a>, including from Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins, who released a lengthy video in which he severely criticized Brees.
“Even though we’re teammates, I can’t let this slide,” Jenkins stated.
The very next day, Brees issued the following apology on Instagram:
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<a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBA1P3gHpT_/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">I would like to apologize to my friends, teammates, the City of New Orleans, the black community, NFL community and anyone I hurt with my comments yesterday. In speaking with some of you, it breaks my heart to know the pain I have caused. In an attempt to talk about respect, unity, and solidarity centered around the American flag and the national anthem, I made comments that were insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country. They lacked awareness and any type of compassion or empathy. Instead, those words have become divisive and hurtful and have misled people into believing that somehow I am an enemy. This could not be further from the truth, and is not an accurate reflection of my heart or my character. This is where I stand: I stand with the black community in the fight against systemic racial injustice and police brutality and support the creation of real policy change that will make a difference. I condemn the years of oppression that have taken place throughout our black communities and still exists today. I acknowledge that we as Americans, including myself, have not done enough to fight for that equality or to truly understand the struggles and plight of the black community. I recognize that I am part of the solution and can be a leader for the black community in this movement. I will never know what it’s like to be a black man or raise black children in America but I will work every day to put myself in those shoes and fight for what is right. I have ALWAYS been an ally, never an enemy. I am sick about the way my comments were perceived yesterday, but I take full responsibility and accountability. I recognize that I should do less talking and more listening&#8230;and when the black community is talking about their pain, we all need to listen. For that, I am very sorry and I ask your forgiveness.</a>
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Some commenters were disappointed that the quarterback “caved” to the “mob.”
Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” tweeted:
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Bad move Drew. Now live on your knees forever.
— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1268552406230618112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
<blockquote>Bad move Drew. Now live on your knees forever.</blockquote>
Conservative radio host and columnist David Webb tweeted:
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It&#8217;s a sad day when your or any American&#8217;s right to voice an opinion succumbs to the mob, any mob, regardless of agreement or disagreement. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GeorgeFloyd?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GeorgeFloyd</a>
— David Webb (@davidwebbshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/davidwebbshow/status/1268580040498982913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
<blockquote>It&#8217;s a sad day when your or any American&#8217;s right to voice an opinion succumbs to the mob, any mob, regardless of agreement or disagreement. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GeorgeFloyd?src=hash">#GeorgeFloyd</a></blockquote>
Regardless, Brees’ apolotweet has received more than 57,000 “likes,” and been retweeted appropriately 26,000 times as of publication. His statement on Instagram, which was linked in the tweet, has been “liked” more than 329,000 times.
Brees’ initial Instagram apology was followed by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBCIljGngKI/">another post</a> in which he wrote: “Step-by-step you will see my heart for exactly what it is and the way everyone around me sees it. I’m sorry it has taken this long to act and to participate in a meaningful way but I am your ally in this fight.”
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Drew Brees

Drew Brees To President Trump: ‘We Can No Longer Use The Flag To Turn People Away Or Distract Them From The Real Issues…’

Police Brutality

All lives actually do matter. A sports announcer last week lost his job for using the phrase &#8220;all lives matter&#8221; instead of &#8220;black lives matter.&#8221; Our cultural superiors insist on certain phraseology these days, or else. It is just another effort in the culture war to make you care and think in particular ways.
The phrase &#8220;all lives matter&#8221; came about in pushback to aggressive efforts a few years ago by Black Lives Matter activists. This statement of fact is now presumed to be a calling card of white supremacists.
On Tuesday, people rushed to social media to add black squares. Major corporations shut down their websites. People protested in the streets. I saw more than one person shamed for innocently using the phrase &#8220;all lives matter&#8221; or, as a worse offense, putting up a picture other than a black square on Instagram.
We have replaced virtue with virtue signaling. Activists would have us believe the government that brought us slavery, Jim Crow, anti-interracial marriage laws, affirmative action and police brutality is the government that will solve the problem. The government that started a war on poverty to bring us a great society actually managed to keep people in poverty and destroy families. But this time, just you wait, the government is going to fix it.
Our social betters who demand we use certain phrases as a secular religious rite and display certain empty squares as a sacrament also demand we vote for Joe Biden. The man who served as a vice president for eight years and served in government for over 40 years and who authored the very crime legislation many argue made things worse is now the solution. The man who helped destroy a generation of young black men through aggressive crime legislation now wants to preside over the government, which controls an increasingly brutal police force, and thinks he will solve the problem.
Or not.
Progressives who insisted Americans continue to stay home even after the COVID-19 curve flattened now believe mass protests are fine. Livelihoods and businesses are destroyed. Gather to riot and get a pass, but gather for church and go to jail. Ironically, these same people who think health care insurance is awful think property and casualty insurance will be just fine to make small businesses whole after the riots.
This is not to excuse the other side. Some can watch the George Floyd video and not see a problem. There are people who thought the optics of the park service clearing out a crowd of protestors with pepper pellets and smoke canisters so the President could hold up a Bible in front of a church he does not attend was a brilliant political move. It was not. There are people who think the President&#8217;s tweets do not stir the pot. They are wrong.
Increasingly, as a society, we do not allow thinking outside tribal comfort zones. Much of the press leans left and is more sympathetic to that tribal thinking. Concurrently, politicians from both sides feed off the grievances in order to gain more power. Neither side has any incentive to find a solution when both profit by keeping the discord going.
Americans would be better off abandoning the quaint and repeatedly proven-false notion that Washington has the solution to what ails us. Washington, inevitably, makes most things worse, outside the core functions of government. Americans are too obsessed with Washington. They are too obsessed with Donald Trump. They are too obsessed with Joe Biden.
People think Washington will provide the solutions if you just put up enough black squares on Instagram. But Washington will not provide the solution, and, most likely, your state capitol will not either. You will provide the solution. Seek the welfare of your city, and there, not Washington, will you make progress. If you can give sweat equity, work. If you can&#8217;t, give money. Give prayer and support. Give it to the local food bank, the local soup kitchen, the local homeless shelter, the local battered women&#8217;s clinic, the local public school. Give; work; pray; invest in your city. You, not politicians and political parties, will fix this.
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ERICKSON: The Status Quo Of Virtue Signaling

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On Friday, the NFL’s official Twitter account released a video from league Commissioner Roger Goodell in which he addresses the ongoing protests and apologizes for the NFL’s prior position.
“It has been a difficult time for our country, in particular black people in our country,” Goodell begins. “First, my condolences to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and all the families who have endured police brutality.”
“We, the National Football League condemn racism and the systematic oppression of black people,” he continues. “We, the National Football League admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier, and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the National Football League believe black lives matter.”
“I personally protest with you, and want to be part of the much-needed change in this country,” Goodell states.
The commissioner then notes that “without black players, there would be no National Football League, and the protests around the country are emblematic of the centuries of silence, inequality, and oppression of black players, coaches, fans, and staff.”
Lastly, Goodell issues a promise to “improve.”
“We are listening. I am listening, and I will be reaching out to players who have raised their voices and others on how we can improve and go forward for a better and more united NFL family,” he concludes.
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We, the NFL, condemn racism and the systematic oppression of Black People. We, the NFL, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the NFL, believe Black Lives Matter. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InspireChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#InspireChange</a> <a href="https://t.co/ENWQP8A0sv">pic.twitter.com/ENWQP8A0sv</a>
— NFL (@NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1269034074552721408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
As of publication, the video has been viewed millions of times.
Some of the responses to the video have been less than positive, with numerous commenters calling on Goodell to apologize directly to former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick and “say his name.”
“Directly apologize to Colin Kaepernick and reinstate him,” <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfMattBeckman/status/1269083086802882560?s=20">wrote</a> @ProfMattBeckman.
@admiralmpj <a href="https://twitter.com/admiralmpj/status/1269042659173126144?s=20">tweeted</a>: “Glad you said this. It was well said, and well overdue. I&#8217;m still not coming back. I can&#8217;t. I&#8217;m sorry. Apology accepted, but trust has to be earned.  And it hasn&#8217;t been earned back yet.”
Comedian Gabe Gonzalez <a href="https://twitter.com/gaybonez/status/1269042062407729158?s=20">wrote</a>: “Look, sweetie – I only pay attention to your league once a year &amp; even I know you&#8217;ve got to do better here. 1) Apologize to the Black players you demonized for peacefully protesting. 2) DONATE to communities &amp; causes of THEIR choosing.”
In August of 2016, then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/colin-kaepernick-kneeling-protests-timeline/xktu6ka4diva1s5jxaylrcsse">sat down</a> during the playing of the national anthem prior to a preseason game.
Following the game, he told <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/colin-kaepernick-kneeling-protests-timeline/xktu6ka4diva1s5jxaylrcsse">NFL Media</a>:
<blockquote>I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. &#8230; To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.</blockquote>
Kaepernick later spoke with reporters and offered <a href="https://youtu.be/ka0446tibig">multiple answers</a> regarding his reasoning for sitting during the national anthem, which later evolved into kneeling.
The NFL issued a <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/colin-kaepernick-kneeling-protests-timeline/xktu6ka4diva1s5jxaylrcsse">statement</a>: “Players are encouraged but not required to stand during the playing of the national anthem.”
Over the course of the next approximately three and a half years, the drama regarding national anthem protests by athletes unfolded. Recently, the issue has come up again in light of the ongoing demonstrations and riots following the killing of 46-year-old African American man George Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer used his knee to pin Floyd’s neck to the ground.
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NFL’s Goodell: ‘We Were Wrong For Not Listening,’ ‘Black Lives Matter’

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A spokesperson for the U.S. Park Police department told <a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/6/5/21281604/lafayette-square-white-house-tear-gas-protest">Vox</a> in an interview that they shouldn’t have denied using tear gas in a statement earlier this week because it has detracted from the department’s public acknowledgement that they used smoke canisters and pepper balls. A riot-control projectile similar to pepper spray, pepper balls were deployed at a reportedly peaceful protest near the White House on Monday ahead of President Trump&#8217;s visit to St. John&#8217;s Church, which was partially burned by rioters over the weekend.
“The point is we admitted to using what we used,” Sgt. Eduardo Delgado told the news agency. “I think the term ‘tear gas’ doesn’t even matter anymore. It was a mistake on our part for using ‘tear gas’ because we just assumed people would think CS or CN.&#8221; 
According to <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-tear-gas-works-a-rundown-of-the-chemicals-used-on-crowds/">Scientific American</a>, CS and CN refer to two irritants that activate different pain receptors than pepper spray. However, the <a href="https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/riotcontrol/factsheet.asp">Centers for Disease Control</a> notes that pepper spray is considered a riot-control agent and can be referred to as tear gas. 
Thomas Kearney, a professor at the UCSF Department of Pharmacology who co-authored a 2014 study on pepper spray injuries, told <a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2020/06/the-semantics-of-tear-gas-versus-pepper-spray/">Fact Check</a> in response to a previous statement from Park Police that “Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) is the active ingredient of peppers and activates the TRPV1 pain receptor. Whereas CS &amp; CN have different receptors and were more toxic.”
After Vox published the statement from the police spokesperson, Park Police acting chief Gregory Monahan seemed to disagree with the spokesperson&#8217;s assessment, and released the following statement: “United States Park Police officers and other assisting law enforcement partners did not use tear gas or OC Skat Shells to close the area at Lafayette Park in response to violent protestors.&#8221;
In a statement on Tuesday, the Park Police revealed that on Monday they used pepper balls and smoke canisters in an area near the White House, where a mixture of protests, unrest, and rioting took place over the weekend. Video of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrMoqSPZym0&amp;feature=youtu.be">event captured</a> by Reuters on Tuesday shows that the protestors seem to be largely peaceful – that said, about a minute after the officers begin to move the crowd down the street, multiple items, including apparent water bottles, are seen being thrown toward police. 
It&#8217;s not clear whether the water bottles briefly shown in the Reuters video are the same water bottles referred to in the department&#8217;s Tuesday statement describing projectiles, including frozen water bottles and bricks. In the original statement, the police department described the scene as follows:
“On Monday, June 1, the USPP worked with the United States Secret Service to have temporary fencing installed inside Lafayette Park. At approximately 6:33 pm, violent protestors on H Street NW began throwing projectiles including bricks, frozen water bottles and caustic liquids. The protestors also climbed onto a historic building at the north end of Lafayette Park that was destroyed by arson days prior. Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street,” said the statement.
“To curtail the violence that was underway, the USPP, following established policy, issued three warnings over a loudspeaker to alert demonstrators on H Street to evacuate the area. Horse mounted patrol, Civil Disturbance Units and additional personnel were used to clear the area. As many of the protestors became more combative, continued to throw projectiles, and attempted to grab officers’ weapons, officers then employed the use of smoke canisters and pepper balls. USPP officers and other assisting law enforcement partners did not use tear gas or OC Skat Shells to close the area at Lafayette Park,” said the statement. 
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Police Spokesperson Suggests They Shouldn’t Have Said No Tear Gas Was Used. Police Chief Seems To Disagree.

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Environmental groups are standing with the activist Movement for Black Lives amid outrage against the alleged murder of George Floyd, but critics say the green groups’ activism belies their policy preferences that would disproportionately harm black Americans.
The environmental groups Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace, and 350.org have all voiced support for the coalition group <a href="https://m4bl.org/policy-platforms/">Movement for Black Lives</a> (M4BL), even signing an <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xo6gTysAiC6MMvy9bsLUfKDYkQTk-m_y/view">open letter</a> endorsing M4BL’s policy objectives. All three groups also push radical environmental policies such as a Green New Deal as popularized by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D).
Center for Biological Diversity Executive Director Kieran Suckling <a href="https://twitter.com/CenterForBioDiv/status/1266481933254635526">called</a> Floyd’s death “horrific” and asserted that “institutional racism” has killed thousands of black Americans. Greenpeace tweeted a <a href="https://twitter.com/greenpeaceusa/status/1268648668804067328">thread</a> of protest pictures on June 4 and promoted “#DefundPolice” in a call to strip taxpayer funding from law enforcement. 350.org North America director Tamara Toles O’Laughlin said in a <a href="https://350.org/press-release/solidarity-m4bl/">statement</a> that “dismantling white supremacy” was a necessary step to meeting their climate goals and ending fossil fuel production.
Former United Nations Ambassador Ken Blackwell, a black conservative, slammed environmentalists for empathizing with BLM protesters while advocating environmental and energy policies that would make black communities more “marginalized.”
“If radical green groups truly want to show solidarity with the black community, they can drop their push for extremist policies that would hurt those communities,” Blackwell told The Daily Wire in a statement. “Radical policies like the green new deal that raise the cost of driving to work and heating our homes would target the African American community and would make us even more vulnerable and marginalized than we already are.&#8221;
Each environmental group supports an eventual end to fossil fuel energy production and transitioning to 100% renewable energy, excluding nuclear, hydropower, and most other alternatives except wind and solar, according to an <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/397201459/Green-New-Deal-Letter-to-Congress">open letter</a> to Congress signed by hundreds of environmental organizations.
The energy goals of the Green New Deal would impose immense costs on taxpayers, according to an analysis by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). The conservative think tank <a href="https://cei.org/content/what-green-new-deal-could-cost-typical-household">calculated</a> the cost of phasing out fossil fuels while transitioning to renewable energy in several states, finding that in Florida, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania, “the [Green New Deal] would cost a typical household more than $70,000 in the first year of implementation, approximately $45,000 for each of the next four years, and more than $37,000 each year thereafter.”
Reaching America President Derrick Hollie, whose group focuses on black communities, said that the policies pushed by the environmental groups undercut black communities already struggling from the coronavirus pandemic that has <a href="https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-cases-deaths-race-income-disparities-unequal-f6fb6977-56a1-4be9-8fdd-844604c677ec.html">disproportionately hit</a> minorities and violent riots.
“With black communities ablaze, the same nearly uniformly white environmental extremists assure us of their solidarity while at the same time trying to kill high-paying oil and gas jobs that have been the cornerstones of progress in lifting up working-class minority communities,” Hollie told The Daily Wire in a statement.
“Any program such as their Green New Deal that makes energy more expensive or jeopardizes jobs is counter-productive, reckless, and wrong,” Hollie said. “We will need American oil and gas more than ever, especially in communities of color that continue to rely on low-cost fuels for economic sustenance and opportunity.”
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Green Groups Voice Support For Floyd Protesters While Pushing Policies That Would Make Minorities ‘Even More Vulnerable,’ Critics Say

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Wealthy celebrities like soccer star Megan Rapinoe, musicians John Legend and Lizzo, and left-wing activist and actress Jane Fonda have all signed an open letter demanding the &#8220;divestment from police.&#8221;
The letter was posted on DefendingBlackLives.org and titled, &#8220;<a href="https://www.defendingblacklives.org/defund-police-sign-on/">A Letter to Demand Divestment from Police and an Investment in Black Communities</a>.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/john-legend-common-lizzo-open-letter-defund-police-1008509/">Rolling Stone</a>, &#8220;The letter was released by activist Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter and a founding member of the Movement 4 Black Lives, a coalition of more than 100 black-rights organizations.&#8221;
Black Lives Matter is a radical anti-cop activist group. Its members have chanted for <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/eric-garner-manhattan-dead-cops-video-millions-march-protest/2015303/">dead officers,</a> and a 2016 <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/11/dallas-officer-lawsuit-blm/506939/">lawsuit</a> from the father of a slain Dallas officer accused the activist group of inciting the &#8220;war on police&#8221; that led to his son&#8217;s death.
&#8220;Black communities across the nation are mourning the deaths of George Floyd, tortured to death by Minneapolis police, Ahmaud Arbery, a jogger who was killed while running in a residential neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia, Breonna Taylor an EMT killed while asleep in her bed in Louisville, KY, Dreasjon Reed in Indianapolis and Tony McDade in Tallahassee,&#8221; the letter starts. &#8220;Their names are added to a devastatingly long list of Black people who have been killed at the hands of vigilantes or law enforcement. Not to mention the others whose names we don’t yet know, and may never know since they were killed without a camera recording it.&#8221;
“The COVID-19 deaths and the deaths caused by police terror are connected and consequential to each other. The United States does not have a national healthcare system,&#8221; the open letter continues, though many nations with nationalized health care faired far worse with COVID than the U.S.
&#8220;Instead, we have the largest military budget in the world, and some of the most well-funded and militarized police departments in the world, too. Policing and militarization overwhelmingly dominate the bulk of national and local budgets,” the letter states.
The activists then claim &#8220;Black communities are living in persistent fear of being killed by state authorities like police, immigration agents or even white vigilantes who are emboldened by state actors.&#8221;
&#8220;Despite continued profiling, harassment, terror and killing of Black communities, local and federal decision-makers continue to invest in the police, which leaves Black people vulnerable and our communities no safer,&#8221; the letter states.
Instead, the activists argue, the money should &#8220;go towards building healthy communities, to the health of our elders and children, to neighborhood infrastructure, to education, to childcare, to support a vibrant Black future.&#8221;
&#8220;We join in solidarity with the freedom fighters in Minneapolis, Louisville, and across the United States,&#8221; the letter adds. &#8220;And we call for the end to police terror.&#8221;
The post ends by demanding local officials take a pledge to &#8220;Vote no on all increases to police budgets,&#8221; &#8220;Vote yes to decrease police spending and budgets,&#8221; and &#8220;Vote yes to increase spending on health care, education and community programs that keep us safe.&#8221;
Last week, protests began popping up across the nation over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a police officer had his knee on the 46-year-old’s neck for over eight minutes during an arrest, as shown in viral video footage.
Things quickly turned ugly, however, with arson, looting, and violence spiking in places like Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, New York City, Rochester, Richmond, and many other cities.
Since the incident, all four officers involved in the arrest have been fired, investigations from the FBI and state law enforcement have been opened, and, on Friday, the officer at the center of the incident was taken into custody. The other three officers have since been <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/george-floyd-officers-charges/index.html">charged</a>.
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During a briefing on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was asked by CNN’s Jim Acosta about the protesters near the White House being dispersed prior to the president’s visit to St. John’s Church.
“You mentioned Dr. King, and he likely would not have approved of what took place Monday evening across from the White House, as you probably know,” Acosta began. “If the White House, [the] president, and his team had to do it all over again, would you have gassed and pummeled protesters to clear the park so the president could have a photo op?”
Right off the bat, McEnany stated that “no tear gas was used, and no rubber bullets were used.”
When Acosta insisted that “chemical agents were used,” McEnany reiterated that tear gas and rubber bullets were not used. Acosta probed as to why the press secretary was differentiating between “chemical agents,” as it was reported that pepper balls were used.
McEnany then went over a timeline of events “because there&#8217;s been a lot of misreporting,” stating that Attorney General William Barr had earlier come to the conclusion that the perimeter had to be expanded, but that the task had yet to be accomplished by later in the day.
The press secretary continued:
<blockquote>The protesters were told three times over loudspeaker that they needed to move, and what happened was it grew increasingly unruly. There were projectiles being thrown at officers – frozen water bottles were being thrown at officers, various other projectiles, and the officers had no other choice than in that moment to act and make sure that they were safe and that the perimeter was pushed back because, as we all know, a church was burning in that very area the night before &#8230; but it&#8217;s absolutely uncalled for to throw bricks, absolutely uncalled for to throw water bottles that are frozen at police officers.</blockquote>
Acosta then asked McEnany if she agreed that “the vast majority of those protesters were doing so peacefully, and that many of them did not hear those warnings and were simply just pushed out of the way, just forced out, pummeled out of the way by their fellow Americans, police officers.”
“You sent in members of the military to deal with this,” Acosta continued. “I mean, what do you say to Americans who look at what happened on Monday and find that to be appalling?”
McEnany pushed back, saying that the National Guard was used, not the military.
After repeating that it’s unacceptable for protesters to hurl objects at police officers, McEnany also noted that there was “intelligence that there were calls for violence against police officers, and they found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats, and metal poles hidden along the streets.”
“When an officer is at risk, they have the right to defend themselves,” McEnany stated. “They did so peaceably. No one had – there were no fatalities, no severe injuries.”
Acosta pressed McEnany, which led to the press secretary speaking about instances of officers being injured or killed.
“Police officers are out on the front lines. They’re defending and protecting you as you come into this building each and every day, Jim,” McEnany concluded. “We owe them honor; we owe them respect; and when they are under attack, they have the ability to defend themselves.”
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On Tuesday, United States Park Police acting Chief Gregory T. Monahan released a <a href="https://www.nps.gov/subjects/uspp/6_2_20_statement_from_acting_chief_monahan.htm">statement</a> regarding the agents that were used to disperse the protesters.
The statement reads in part:
<blockquote>At approximately 6:33 pm [on Monday], violent protestors on H Street NW began throwing projectiles including bricks, frozen water bottles and caustic liquids. The protestors also climbed onto a historic building at the north end of Lafayette Park that was destroyed by arson days prior. Intelligence had revealed calls for violence against the police, and officers found caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street.
To curtail the violence that was underway, the USPP, following established policy, issued three warnings over a loudspeaker to alert demonstrators on H Street to evacuate the area. Horse mounted patrol, Civil Disturbance Units and additional personnel were used to clear the area. As many of the protestors became more combative, continued to throw projectiles, and attempted to grab officers’ weapons, officers then employed the use of smoke canisters and pepper balls. No tear gas was used by USPP officers or other assisting law enforcement partners to close the area at Lafayette Park.</blockquote>
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As minority-owned businesses are getting looted, and cities and monuments are getting vandalized, causing billions of dollars in damages, CNN&#8217;s Chris Cuomo said that protesters don&#8217;t have to be polite or peaceful.
Speaking on his show Tuesday night, Cuomo said that protesters are not required to &#8220;be polite and peaceful,&#8221; a conundrum considering that his own network and the mainstream media have bent over backward to characterize the protests as mostly peaceful.
&#8220;It is a sad day when we need curfews in our cities,&#8221; said Cuomo, as reported by <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2020/06/02/antifa-backing-cuomo-declares-protests-are-not-required-be">Newsbusters</a>. &#8220;America&#8217;s major cities are filled with people demanding this country become more fair, more just, and ironically, more united.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, too many see the protests as the problem,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;No, the problem is what forced your fellow citizens to take to the streets – persistent and poisonous inequities and injustice. And please, show me where it says that protests are supposed to be polite and peaceful. Because I can show you that outraged citizens are the ones who have made America what she is and led to any major milestones.&#8221;
In complete contradiction to the U.S. Constitution, Cuomo then went on to say that police are the ones required to be peaceful while protesters are under no such obligation.
&#8220;Be honest, this is not a tranquil time. They&#8217;re not here to make power, or you or me comfortable? They&#8217;re here to yell, criticize, blame, and shame. You don&#8217;t have to like it. But why not focus on remembering the reason for the pain that fuels their purpose?&#8221; he said. &#8220;Police are the ones who are required to be peaceful, to de-escalate, to remain calm. They are, in fact, trained to do exactly that. So, when one kneels on someone&#8217;s neck for a long time and other police don&#8217;t stop obvious deadliness, that&#8217;s the problem.&#8221;
The 1st Amendment says otherwise: &#8220;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.&#8221;
So, in actuality, the protesters are required to peaceably assemble, which means no throwing rocks or water bottles at police, no burning of police vehicles, no destruction of public property.
When it comes to looting and violence, Cuomo said that bad people are distorting the message of good people.
&#8220;Looting, arson, violence. Now, that&#8217;s something else,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t confuse that with protests or the people doing it with protesters. There are bad people mixed in with good people in these situations. That&#8217;s the truth. We&#8217;re learning it in every city. And we&#8217;re watching New York City tonight especially closely, where orders went into effect an hour ago to stay off the streets after one of the wildest most destructive nights in recent memory.&#8221;
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CNN&#39;s Chris Cuomo: &quot;Please, show me where it says protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful.&quot;
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Though Cuomo did condemn the looting and arson, CNN reporter Sara Sidner <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-cnn-reporter-makes-excuses-for-rioting-looting">defended their actions</a> as legitimate acts of protests earlier this week, completely unsympathetic to the minority-owned businesses that are being destroyed.
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During a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0q6Kab4zUY">press conference</a> on Saturday morning, Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington explained the deteriorating state of the George Floyd demonstrations over the last several days, noting that thousands of law enforcement officials from various agencies had “assembled the largest civil policing authority in the history of Minnesota.”
“We put together twenty-five hundred public safety folks, between national guard and cops and state troopers and everybody else,” he said. “That is an enormous number of law enforcement people, and we were confronted with tens of thousands of rioters.”
Earlier in the press conference, Harrington described the rioters as “bent on destruction of property, and they were bent on trying to hurt people.”
The safety commissioner also emphasized that the transition from protests to riots has occurred over the last several days, noting that initial demonstrators were peaceful, but that the new scene has been filled with rioters who don’t show “any empathy or any heart” for the community.
“That little group that started out embedding themselves into George Floyd’s memorial service is no longer the little group,” Harrington told reporters later in the press conference. “It is in fact the group that is throwing projectiles, throwing batteries, firing into crowds, and setting fires and attacking firefighters, EMS, law enforcement, sheriff’s department and national guardsman as they seek to provide safety in our communities.”
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mn-governor-points-to-organized-attempt-to-destabilize-civil-society-trump-we-have-our-military-ready">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) announced Saturday he would fully mobilize the Minnesota National Guard and seek “significant support” from the national guards of adjacent states.
“We will pull in assets as we have been doing, and for those Minnesotans who have been wondering, ‘where are the fire trucks, where are the police that are out there,’ the situation was so broad, and the tactics were so bent on causing destruction, that every single person we had mobilized” had been engaged in the situation, said the governor.
President Trump told reporters outside the White House on Saturday afternoon that he was prepared to provide Minneapolis with military assistance if it was requested, reports <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-says-military-ready-willing-able-ready-deploy-minneapolis-amid-n1219656">NBC News</a>.
“We have our military ready, willing, and able, if they ever want to call our military. We can have troops on the ground very quickly,” said Trump. “They’re using their National Guard right now, as you know.”
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley have “expressed the department’s readiness to provide support to local and state authorities as requested” and have had two conversations with the Minnesota governor,” reports The Washington Post. However, active duty troops have not been deployed.
According to <a href="https://www.startribune.com/walz-we-re-under-assault-from-outside-agitators/570892512/?refresh=true">the Star Tribune</a>, the governor has institute a curfew effective 8 p.m. CST in response to the widespread destruction, and promised on Saturday morning that any future agitators will face “an overwhelming force of safety, security and peace.”
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Minnesota community members mourned, protested and looted in reaction to George Floyd dying in police custody

MN Safety Commissioner: Twenty-Five Hundred Officers Were ‘Confronted With Tens Of Thousands Of Rioters’

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A spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Police Department made a public apology late Friday evening after reviewing a viral video that appears to show a police officer firing pepper balls at Wave-3 journalist Kaitlin Rust, who was covering the local protest live on-air.
“I want to apologize,” spokesperson Jessie Halladay told the <a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/05/29/louisville-protests-officer-fires-pellets-tv-reporter-video/5288734002/">Courier-Journal</a>. “It’s not something that should have occurred if she was singled out as a reporter, and that is what the video looks like occurred. It’s a little difficult to determine, in the midst of all of this, who that officer is.”
“We will be taking a look at the video again after this situation is resolved, and if we need to do any investigation for discipline, we will do that,” said Halladay. 

In the viral video, Rust can be seen covering the protest, while she’s followed by her cameraman, when a police officer appears to step in her general direction and fire the first pepper ball.
<blockquote>RUST: Right now we’re behind the line.
ANCHOR ONE: Okay, well you keep going. Go where you gotta go. That’s fine with us, we’ve got plenty of time here. 
RUST: *Shouts*
ANCHOR TWO: Are you okay?
RUST: I’m getting shot! I’m getting — 
ANCHOR TWO: Katie, are you okay?
RUST: Rubber bullets! Rubber bullets! It’s okay! It’s those pepper bullets, it’s those pepper bullets. 
ANCHOR TWO: Who are they aiming that at?
RUST: Like at us. Directly at us!</blockquote>
Within seconds of Rust proclaiming that the officer is shooting pepper balls at the news crew, the officer fires another one toward the camera, blurring the screen. As of Saturday afternoon, the video has over 17 million views on Twitter.
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This just happened on live tv. Wow, what a douche bag. <a href="https://t.co/dQKheEcCvb">pic.twitter.com/dQKheEcCvb</a>
— Christopher Bishop (@ChrisBishopL1C4) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisBishopL1C4/status/1266546753182056453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, </a>
2020</blockquote>
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/7-shot-in-louisville-amid-protests-over-killing-of-breonna-taylor">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, protests erupted in Louisville this week in response to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, an emergency technician who was shot and killed in March after Narcotics Detectives broke down her door while carrying out a search warrant. The protests overlap with national outrage, demonstrations, and riots over the death of George Floyd earlier this week.
<a href="https://apnews.com/4c1b5ac970cfc1e22ed6fcc54f25fb6b">The Associated Press</a> reports that Taylor’s boyfriend fired a single shot into the ground as a warning to potential intruders, and Taylor was shot eight times in response. “Somebody kicked in the door and shot my girlfriend,” Taylor’s boyfriend told 9-1-1 dispatchers in a frantic call after the incident, reports the news agency. No drugs were recovered from the scene, and murder charges brought against Taylor’s boyfriend for shooting an officer during the situation have since been dropped.
Greg Fischer, the Mayor of Louisville, has since instituted a curfew in the city as &#8220;peaceful protests&#8221; have turned &#8220;into violence and terrorism and looting,&#8221; reports <a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/metro-government/2020/05/30/mayor-fischer-sets-breonna-taylor-protest-curfew-calls-national-guard/5290690002/">the Courier-Journa</a>l. About 350 members of the Kentucky National Guard have been called in and will reportedly help maintain the peace on Saturday evening.
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Protests Continue In Louisville Over Deaths In Recent Police Shootings

Louisville PD Apologizes After Officer Appears To Fire Pepper Balls At On-Air News Crew

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During a press conference on Saturday morning, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) said that the initial protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd have devolved as a group of outsiders have seized on the situation in an “organized attempt to destabilize civil society.”
While Walz said the protests earlier in the week were largely peaceful, the situation on Friday evening was a “mockery of pretending” it was still about Floyd, with the governor noting that the subsequent riots contained elements of domestic terrorism, ideological extremism, and “international destabilization of how our country works.”
The <a href="https://www.startribune.com/walz-we-re-under-assault-from-outside-agitators/570892512/?refresh=true">Star Tribune reports</a> that the governor also claimed that as many as 4 in 5 rioters in Minneapolis and St. Paul were from somewhere else.
“Whether it be New York, or Denver, or Louisville, or Las Vegas, there is no mayor in America that has the resources to push back on an organized attempt to destabilize civil society with no regard for life or property,” said the governor.
As such, Walz announced that he was fully mobilizing the Minnesota National Guard in addition to seeking “significant support” from the national guards of adjacent states.
“We will pull in assets as we have been doing, and for those Minnesotans who have been wondering, ‘where are the fire trucks, where are the police that are out there,’ the situation was so broad, and the tactics were so bent on causing destruction, that every single person we had mobilized” had been engaged in the situation, he said.
According to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-says-military-ready-willing-able-ready-deploy-minneapolis-amid-n1219656">NBC News</a>, President Trump told reporters on Saturday afternoon that he’s prepared to provide military assistance in Minneapolis if asked.
“We have our military ready, willing, and able, if they ever want to call our military. We can have troops on the ground very quickly,&#8221; said Trump. &#8220;They&#8217;re using their National Guard right now, as you know.&#8221;
The Pentagon also reportedly ordered the Army to prepare several active-duty military police units on Friday evening, in the event that they’re asked to deploy to Minneapolis, according to The<a href="https://apnews.com/cf9947a3ca9f3225f9645fd330403eae"> Associated Press</a>, which spoke to “three people with direct knowledge of the orders.”
“A senior Pentagon official who was” on a phone call with Trump administration officials discussing options on Thursday evening told the news agency that the Insurrection Act of 1807 would be the basis for deploying any military units. The act was last invoked during the 1992 Los Angeles riots, reports the news agency.
But a senior Defense official, “speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue,” told <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/05/30/pentagon-offers-active-duty-military-forces-intelligence-help-quell-minnesota-unrest-governor-says/">The Washington Post</a> on Saturday that nobody “in the department is talking about invoking the Insurrection Act.”
The White House also told AP that active-duty troops have not been deployed, and the Pentagon emphasized in a statement that Minnesota has made no requests for troops.
According to the Post, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley have “expressed the department’s readiness to provide support to local and state authorities as requested” and have had two conversations with the Minnesota governor.
The Star Tribune reports that the governor has instituted another curfew effective 8 p.m. CDT and promised on Saturday morning that any future agitators will face “an overwhelming force of safety, security and peace.”
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Firefighter Kb Balla and wife Twyana are just two of the estimated hundreds of business owners in Minneapolis that had their businesses looted and destroyed by rioters this past week.
Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black male who died earlier this week following a disturbing arrest, broke out on Tuesday and quickly turned into mobs of violent looters and arsonists, continuing through Friday.
In a local news cast, Kb Balla, who is black, was moved to tears showing reporters what was left of his set-to-be-opened sports bar, called Scores. The moving posted went viral and was even retweeted by President Donald Trump.
A GoFundMe account that was started for the family saw an immediate spike in donations, hitting nearly $700,000 by Saturday afternoon.
&#8220;Scores Sports Bar was LOOTED, VANDALIZED and DESTROYED 5/27/2020,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/scores-bar-mpls-riot-rebuild">GoFundMe</a> said. &#8220;This black-owned business is left trying to pick up the pieces amidst mourning with the community.&#8221;
&#8220;Kb Balla &amp; his wife Twyana are active members of their community,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;KB is a Firefighter on the Brooklyn Center Fire Department and Twyana was a member of the Sounds of Blackness. They have 4 beautiful children and the toll of this entire situation is heavy. KB has been a community entrepreneur for decades and coaches and contributes to the community in which they live.&#8221;
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So sad. This poor business owner lost everything due to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MinneapolisRiot?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MinneapolisRiot</a><a href="https://t.co/mK0nHFNthS">pic.twitter.com/mK0nHFNthS</a>
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Moved by the massive show of support, Mr. Balla posted a thank-you message to all those who donated and assisted with the clean-up, and offered his sympathies to the Floyd family.
&#8220;I would just like to start by saying the amount of gratitude in my heart right now is outweighing the sorrow and heavy-heartedness I feel,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Yesterday, I was able to share my story, and the outpour of financial, physical, and emotional support has been overwhelming. As I think about my losses, I also want to extend my condolences to the Floyd family… My business can be rebuilt but his life cannot be regained.&#8221;
&#8220;Many of you know that Scores Sports Bar was my DREAM,&#8221; Balla continued. &#8220;It was all coming together and when COVID-19 hit, the reality of not being able to open for a grand opening was difficult. With the help of my family and friends, I pushed through. To find out that the countless hours, hard work, late nights away from my kids, and family had all been for nothing was soul shattering. It is not the material things, more so the time that cannot be reclaimed.&#8221;
&#8220;I went to Scores yesterday and all I could do was cry,&#8221; he said. &#8220;As a firefighter and public servant, I am used to saving lives and being strong, but this broke me. The glass was broken, it was looted, and vandalized.&#8221;
&#8220;While filming for CNN, people came in trying to steal the safe and I wondered what next? My community, that’s what,” he continued.
Balla said &#8220;strangers showed up with brooms, cleaning supplies, trash bags, and food&#8221; to help his family.
&#8220;They helped me and my family clean up in 20 minutes what would have took days,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;THIS IS WHAT GIVES ME HOPE! I want to thank and shed light on the real true Minnesotans who helped many of us small business owners clean up yesterday.&#8221;
&#8220;Right now is a tough time for my family and I, but also the community and the whole state,&#8221; added the firefighter. &#8220;I know it will take some time, but we will rebuild and come back even stronger than ever.&#8221;
&#8220;To the countless people who donated on the Go Fund Me page, sent emails of encouragement, and those praying for us and supporting us around the world, THANK YOU! We are all in this together. Stay safe, stay blessed, and keep praying for Minnesota.&#8221;
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Protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis

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Reporters on the ground in Minneapolis, Minnesota, have said there is little to no police presence of National Guard even as the city burns due to riots over the police-involved death of George Floyd.
Townhall reporter Julio Rosas tweeted the National Guard and riot police were “falling back from their positions as the crowd began to throw projectiles at them,” and that he “got shot with a non-lethal weapon by riot police.”
Rosas later tweeted that the “riot police and National Guard have completely abandoned the perimeter they had set up earlier. Rioters have chased them away.”
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🚨🚨🚨:The riot police and National Guard have completely abandoned the perimeter they had set up earlier. Rioters have chased them away. <a href="https://t.co/4dld6P0Nve">pic.twitter.com/4dld6P0Nve</a>
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In another tweet, Rosas provided footage of law enforcement “leaving the perimeter they had set up and right before I got hit.”
“Things got out of hand after law enforcement told the crowd that had gathered that within ten minutes they were going to be in violation of that curfew order,” he later told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “They weren’t too happy with that so they started throwing all sorts of stuff, bottles, rocks, at the National Guardsmen and the riot police.”
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This is video of law enforcement leaving the perimeter they had set up and right before I got hit. <a href="https://t.co/xvIlUhpS7x">pic.twitter.com/xvIlUhpS7x</a>
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Police were “firing back with tear gas, and, as I can attest to, non-lethal rounds,” he added. “Then they started pulling back. They pulled back completely.”
PJ Media <a href="https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/paula-bolyard/2020/05/29/riot-police-national-guard-completely-abandoned-perimeter-they-set-up-in-minneapolis-n463534">reported</a> that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) pushed back on Rosas’ and other reporters’ claims, tweeting: “The Minnesota National Guard, State Patrol, and local police are on the ground responding to incidents in Mpls-St. Paul. I urge residents to comply with 8pm curfew and go home immediately. Law enforcement needs to respond to emergencies, restore order, and keep Minnesotans safe.”
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The Minnesota National Guard, State Patrol, and local police are on the ground responding to incidents in Mpls-St. Paul. I urge residents to comply with 8pm curfew and go home immediately. Law enforcement needs to respond to emergencies, restore order, and keep Minnesotans safe.
— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovTimWalz/status/1266590321779118085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety also tweeted warning to rioters that police were out and would arrest them if they did not leave the Fifth Precinct police station.
“350 troopers and officers are on the ground near the Fifth Precinct in Minneapolis to clear the area and enforce the curfew,” the MDPS tweeted.
“Troopers are giving dispersal orders near the Fifth Precinct. Leave the area now or you will be arrested,” it added.
But PJ Media pointed out that Fox News’ Mike Tobin told host Shannon Bream that he had “seen minimal law enforcement in the area.”
Holly Bailey, The Washington Post’s national political reporter, also tweeted that she had seen “no sign of National Guard troops or other police.
“Driving around Minneapolis tonight, it is shocking how few law enforcement you see. Seen cops on bikes patrolling downtown, but no sign of National Guard troops or other police. Strategy seems unchanged from the last few nights. Chaos erupts, with little attempt to stop it,” she wrote.
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Driving around Minneapolis tonight, it is shocking how few law enforcement you see. Seen cops on bikes patrolling downtown, but no sign of National Guard troops or other police. Strategy seems unchanged from the last few nights. Chaos erupts, with little attempt to stop it
— Holly Bailey (@hollybdc) <a href="https://twitter.com/hollybdc/status/1266584842352898050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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WCCO Radio reported that as of late Friday night, “Minneapolis Police, State Patrol and the National Guard came in force to curtail protesters in this area.”
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