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A man was arrested in Orlando, Florida, after he allegedly tried to stab several officers with an exposed syringe during the protests throughout the city, police said.

Conservative MP Desmond Swayne reportedly expressed his support for President Donald Trump, who called on American lawmakers to crack down on the violent and destructive riots that have erupted following the death of George Floyd.

An estimated 20,000 people took to the streets of Paris on Tuesday evening to protest the death of a 24-year-old black man who was killed in 2016, with the protests devolving into riots.

The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, weighed in on the violent riots erupting through the United States on Wednesday, beaming, “By God’s favor and grace, the U.S. has been disgraced.”

During a June 3 interview on the Brian Kilmeade Show, President Trump observed that Americans buy guns for safety, yet Democrats want to take them away.

A new poll has revealed that young and college-educated Americans are more likely to support the recent riots that have taken place in major cities around the nation. 58 percent of respondents with a four-year degree agreed that riots are “fully or partially justified,” including such acts as burning a police station down.

President Trump warned us that “when the looting starts the shooting starts,” and, tragically, that is exactly what has happened.

Vandals participating in the widespread riots in response to the killing of George Floyd commandeered at least one reach forklift to break into a Best Buy in the city of Fairfield, CA, during daylight hours yesterday, several videos show.

The New York Police Department has been told to stand down in the face of rioting and looting, according to Ed Mullins, the head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA).

Dozens of National Guardsmen and federal police officers stood guard on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday evening.

More than 60 officers with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) have been hospitalized with serious injuries since riots began in the city on Saturday, May 30.

At least four black American men and one biracial woman have been killed in riots wreaking havoc on American cities over the last week.

A woman in Reno, Nevada, got an unexpected delivery recently after a piece of American history went missing on Saturday.

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) is pointing out the media talking heads that criticized governors for re-opening after the coronavirus shutdown are eerily silent as “thousands of anarchists” are tearing up cities around the nation.

Karl Rove, the architect of President George W. Bush’s 2000 and 2004 campaigns, is reportedly advising President Trump on outreach to the black American community for the 2020 presidential election amidst riots across the United States. 

The CEO of the popular craft and vintage e-commerce website Etsy released an announcement Monday stating the company is “in solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter” as violent rioters and looters rage across the United States following the death of George Floyd.

President Donald Trump’s effort to restore order and respect for historic institutions in the nation’s capital is being slammed by religious leaders who said his visit to St. John’s Episcopal Church after it was set on fire by rioters was “blasphemy.”

Evangelical leader Rev. Franklin Graham thanked President Donald Trump Tuesday for his walk through Lafayette Park to St. John’s Episcopal Church Monday night amid the violent riots in Washington, DC.

Garcetti pledged to provide the “mental health care that we need to deal with what that feels like … to be a young black man … every moment they inhabit a body.”

Former President George W. Bush cheered the nationwide protests Tuesday, suggesting they are a show of “strength.”

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) retweeted a video posted on the social media of a woman asking why her business destroyed if black lives matter.

“Be a good communist and enforce the law,” said Joel Pollak, referring Democrat officials’s refusal to maintain law and order amid unrest.

Citizens of Austin, Texas, located and donated to a homeless man whose only belongings were destroyed by rioters on Friday.

A woman who apparently admitted to throwing a Molotov cocktail inside a filled New York City Police Department (NYPD) van has avoided attempted murder charges. 

The riots that erupted last week in reaction to the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, Minnesota had a particularly devastating impact on minority-owned businesses and non-profit organizations.

At least 11 people have died in the U.S. over the unrest concerning the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

The United States Park Police said in a statement that while 51 officers were injured during riots in Lafayette Park, no tear gas was used.

Donald Trump Jr. on Monday wondered why the establishment media’s obsession with restrictions spurred by novel coronavirus virtually disappeared, asking why media personalities are no longer condemning “mass gatherings that would have been so deadly due to COVID 19 just a few days ago” as rioters take to the streets.

The massive protests over the death of George Floyd across the United States, which have devolved into rioting and looting mostly at night, cast doubt on the partial reopening of several non-essential businesses in cities plagued by the unrest as of Tuesday.

One hundred and thirty-two police Chicago police officers were injured during this weekend’s riots after George Floyd’s May 25th death in Minneapolis police custody.

Craig Gore, the writer of NBC’s “Law & Order” spinoff was fired after he reportedly threatened to “light up” violent protesters causing chaos in West Hollywood.

The 82nd Airborne Division’s Immediate Response Force arrived to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Monday evening.

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday used the riots in the United States to accuse her critics of having “double standards” for criticizing the way her administration, and the Chinese Communist government in Beijing, have handled the Hong Kong protest movement.

A 22-year-old biracial woman was killed early Monday during a protest in Davenport, Iowa, after she had joined a protest and was leaving.

CNNLOL’s Sara Sidner, who identifies as a “journalist,” encouraged and championed rioting in Democrat-run cities on Sunday.

Rioters in Boston defaced the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial to black soldiers in the Civil War as a “Black Lives Matter” protest moved through the city on Sunday.