Minneapolis Riots - Page 2

During a press conference on Saturday, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter walked back his earlier claim that everyone arrested in St. Paul during the riots on Friday was from outside of Minnesota. Carter said, “From the beginning of this, my goal

Los Angeles police withheld retaliatory fire after a protester shot rounds at law enforcement officials during the riots that swept through downtown L.A. late Friday and into Saturday morning, sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News.

One man was shot and killed and 61 protesters were arrested in downtown Detroit after tensions escalated between protesters and police officers over the riots concerning George Floyd’s death.

Minnesota Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan accused “white supremacists” on Saturday of instigating and participating in the widespread riots and looting in her state over the police killing of state resident George Floyd.

Bernie Kerik called for the FBI to investigate the funding of “domestic terrorism” from operations such as Antifa and Black Lives Matter.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants residents to gather together to protest, but her executive order restricting church attendance is still in effect.

“They’ve got to be tough they’ve got to be smart,” Trump said. “We have our military ready and willing and able if they ever want to call the military, we can have troops on the ground very quickly if they ever want our military.”

Members of an Army Immediate Response Force part of the 82nd Airborne Division have been told to be ready to respond to riots.

Minneapolis officials’ response to the violent protests in the wake of resident George Floyd’s death was an “abject failure,” Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Friday.

Numerous armed business owners in Minneapolis can be seen on video standing guard to shield their businesses from looters 

During a press conference on Saturday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) stated that the “best estimate… that I heard” is that 80% of the people rioting in the state are not from Minnesota. Citing no official data, Walz explained, “I

“How come all of these places that defend so poorly are run by Liberal Democrats?” Trump asked on Twitter. “Get tough and fight (and arrest the bad ones). STRENGTH!”

During a press conference on Saturday, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey stated that the destruction of “long-term, institutional businesses” and “community institutions” isn’t being done by people from Minneapolis, but is being done by people “coming in largely from outside of the

“Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. Secret Service,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “They were not only totally professional, but very cool.”

During a press conference on Saturday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) stated that despite the “largest civilian deployment” in the history of the state, law enforcement lacks the numbers to respond to rioting in the state, and that “We cannot

During CNN’s coverage of the rioting and protests in Minneapolis on Friday, host Chris Cuomo stated that people shouldn’t “give in to the oversimplification of what’s right and what’s wrong” and that lighting a car on fire because “you’re some

Bernie Kerik said fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin should have been charged with first degree murder in the killing of George Floyd.

A mob ransacked the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta on Friday night, as civil unrest in response to the death of George Floyd continued to sweep across the country.

Rioters in Brooklyn rocked and threw a molotov cocktail at a police van abandoned in the middle of a street until it caught on fire.

An angry group of protesters attempted to gain entry into a Brooklyn police precinct on Friday night, as violent protests in response to the killing of George Floyd entered their second night.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) said that “George Floyd should be alive” and that his killing is “a very clear injustice” that people are right to be outraged over. He added

The flag of the Mapuche indigenous people of Chile, whose use became prominent among violent leftist protesters in that country last year, was spotted amid anti-police brutality protests in Minneapolis on Thursday.

Twitter censored tweets from President Donald Trump and the White House, falsely alleging that they “glorified violence.” But it has also allowed a tweet from a user claiming “violence IS the answer” to go viral, accumulating over 60,000 retweets over the course of nearly three days.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrows joined a host of athletes on Friday in speaking out about the death of George Floyd.

Social media giant Twitter has failed to remove or tag a rapper’s tweet for “glorifying violence” more than 18 hours after it was posted. Rapper Key Nyaya threatened journalist Cassandra Fairbanks with his post, saying: “maybe you need a bullet in the back of your skull.”

Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick jumped to Twitter to offer to pay the legal fees of the “freedom fighters” rioting and burning down the city of Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

An official Twitter “moment” described the violent riots and looting that broke out in Minneapolis and other areas of the country with the muted term “heated protests,” in an entry created by Twitter employees that appeared at the top of users’ feeds.

Minnesota Twins outfielder Max Kepler has apologized for having posted a photo of himself wearing a pro-police mask.

University of Southern California Law School Professor Jody Armour recently defended a highway protest by Black Lives Matter activists in Los Angeles. On Wednesday, hundreds of protesters blocked traffic on the 101 freeway to bring attention to the death of George Floyd. According to Armour, the protest shows the “festering wounds that haven’t actually healed over time here in LA.”

University of Oklahoma Professor Dr. Karlos Hill has defended the rioting in response to the death of George Floyd. Hill asks the question, “Where is there space for black rage?” 

Friday on CBS’s “This Morning,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison shared his reaction to the situation in Minneapolis with protests for George Floyd’s death.

CNN “New Day” on Friday morning cut to correspondent Omar Jimenez as he reported on the scene in Minneapolis after protests turned violent. During the middle of the broadcast, Jimenez and his crew of a cameraman and a producer were all arrested by Minnesota

Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” network anchor Joy Reid addressed the scene in Minneapolis as violent protests have ramped up.

Twitter has hidden a tweet by President Donald Trump on the Minneapolis riots behind a public notice accusing him of “glorifying violence”. 

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) requested on Thursday that “protesters” in the City of Lakes practice social distancing and wear masks to reduce coronavirus transmission. The municipal government claimed to provide hundreds of masks to the public for this purpose.

During a press conference on Thursday, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo stated that there is “a deficit of hope in our city,” and the Minneapolis Police Department “has contributed to that deficit of hope,” but criminality that hurts the community further will not be allowed. He also said that “many of the people that were involved in the criminal conduct” on Wednesday were people that nobody recognized as residents of the city.