PERHAPS KAMALA HARRIS SHOULD TELL BLACK PARENTS THAT THEY
ARE FAR, FAR, FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED BY A BLACK THAN BY WHITEY! AND
THEN ASK YOURSELVES WHAT BARACK OBAMA AND JOE BIDEN EVER DID FOR BLACK AMERICA
AS THEY SABOTAGED HOMELAND SECURITY AND OUR JOBS FOR INVADING MEXICANS!
PERHAPS KAMALA HARRIS SHOULD SPEND SOME TIME HELPING BLACK AMERICANS INSTEAD OF HER ENDLES HISPANDERING!
Too often, Black parents have
to sit their teenage children down and tell them they may be stopped, arrested,
or even shot because of the color of their skin. Our nation’s history of
systemic racism and use of excessive force must be confronted so we can begin
to heal.
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Kamala Harris Attends George Floyd Protest Outside White House
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Sen.
Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Saturday attended a protest outside the White House as
violent unrest rages across the United States over the death of George Floyd,
the man who died after a Minneapolis police officer placed his knee on
Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed.
A masked Harris shared a video of herself attending a protest
alongside hundreds of other demonstrators chanting “Hands up. Don’t shoot.”
People are in pain. We must listen.
Harris, a contender to be former Vice President Joe Biden’s
running mate, shared the video with the caption: “People are in pain. We
must listen.”
Harris communications director Sabrina Singh said the California
Democrat joined the protesters to advocate for “people to be heard.”
Hours after attending the protest, Harris tweeted:
Too often, Black parents have to sit their teenage children down
and tell them they may be stopped, arrested, or even shot because of the color
of their skin. Our nation’s history of systemic racism and use of excessive
force must be confronted so we can begin to heal.
Too often, Black parents have to sit their
teenage children down and tell them they may be stopped, arrested, or even shot
because of the color of their skin. Our nation’s history of systemic racism and
use of excessive force must be confronted so we can begin to heal.
Protests erupted in dozens of cities across the United States
overnight as activists called for justice for Floyd’s death.
Speaking during a news conference Saturday, Minneapolis Gov. Tim
Walz blamed the violence on groups unrelated to the Floyd cause, including
anarchists, white supremacists, and drug cartel participants. He said he plans
to mobilize the National Guard to keep the peace for any further weekend
protests.
“Our cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul are under assault,” he
said, blaming riots on “an organized attempt to destabilize society.”
Walz said he spoke with Floyd’s family, who said the violence
that had overtaken the city was counterproductive to the message activists were
trying to send about the 46-year-old’s death.
Floyd died
Monday after
Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck during an arrest
for nearly 9 minutes. There have been daily protests since the incident — which
was recorded on video — calling for the officer and three others present during
the arrest to face charges.
Chauvin was
charged Friday
with third-degree murder and bail was set at $500,000. All four officers,
including Thomas Lane, J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao, were fired from the
MPD.
Protesters took to the streets across the country Friday night,
many beginning as peaceful demonstrations that later took a more violent turn.
Several buildings were torched while businesses were vandalized and looted.
The UPI
contributed to this report.
Night of
rage on Pennsylvania Avenue as protesters clash with Secret Service in front of
the White House
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The demonstrations led to dramatic clashes involving fists,
shields and tear gas against the backdrop of Trump’s official residence.
Hundreds of protesters marched through the nation’s capital and made their way
to Pennsylvania Avenue early Saturday morning where they engaged in hours of
violent clashes with Secret Service officers before being dispersed with pepper
spray.
Trump addressed the protests outside his home in a series of
tweets on Saturday.
“Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. @SecretService.
They were not only totally professional, but very cool. I was inside, watched
every move, and couldn’t have felt more safe,” Trump wrote.
Hundreds of protesters moved through Washington, D.C., on Friday
evening as part of the nationwide backlash against the killing of George Floyd,
who died after being taken into police custody in Minneapolis. Footage showed
Floyd saying that he could not breathe as Minneapolis police officer Derek
Chauvin allegedly held his knee on Floyd’s neck.
Chauvin was subsequently fired and charged with third-degree
murder, but the incident has sparked several nights of nationwide protests,
which came on the heels of other videos of black men being killed by police and
would-be vigilantes.
Trump told Yahoo News earlier on Friday that he supported many
of those who protested Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis.
“Certainly there were a lot of different people and there were
good people too and they were protesting,” Trump said at the White House. “They
were protesting for the right reason. They were protesting in honor of a man,
George Floyd, where something happened that should not have happened.”
But Trump had also tweeted Friday that “when the looting starts,
the shooting starts,” which was widely seen as a threat to
protesters. Trump later appeared to walk back the tweet, saying it
was a “fact, not a statement.”
Protesters removed multiple steel fences that stood across from
Trump’s residence as the demonstrations crept late into the evening. In total,
the demonstrators removed more than 15 barricades that they had piled up on the
ground in a park across the street from the White House.
The demonstrators squared off with uniformed Secret Service
officers who kept them at bay with riot gear and shields. Around 2 a.m., hours
after the protests in D.C. had begun, officers from the U.S. Park Police
arrived to reinforce the Secret Service. The combined forces of officers who
lined up in front of the White House were subjected to insults from the
crowd.
“I see you for what you are: a racist murderer,” one protester
yelled at police. “You are scared of me. … You have to hide behind a
badge.”
The protester added he was at the demonstration because he was
“tired of the police killing my people for no reason simply for being
black.”
Many of the insults were directed at the Secret Service officers
of color. One man named Eddie said he was frustrated with the more diverse
elements of the officer corps because “they’re standing there not saying
anything.”
“At the end of the day we’re all human. … No matter your color,
at the end of the day we’re all human,” said Eddie, who declined to give his
last name.
Eddie, who wore a button-down shirt and a mask, said he believed
Floyd had been murdered and that he was protesting to honor his memory.
“They killed him, so we ... speak for Mr. Floyd,” Eddie said.
Protesters hurled plastic bottles and bricks at the Secret
Service. Agents, in turn, charged the protesters with plastic riot shields.
Multiple protesters said they were concerned about both potential violence
stemming from the confrontation with police as well as the possibility of being
exposed to the coronavirus.
“This seems exponentially more important than not getting sick,”
a female protester said as she stood within the group crowded in front of the
White House.
Yahoo News asked an African-American Secret Service officer if
he believed the situation could be deescalated.
“Doubtful it could happen,” the officer, who was also talking to
protesters, said. “You kill somebody — how you deescalate that? He ain’t coming
back, right? At this point, what you going to do?”
Some protesters said they appreciated the officer’s apparent
concern for Floyd.
“At least we’re talking now,” one of the demonstrators
said.
“I take this off, I’m still black,” said the officer, gesturing
toward his uniform.
As the protests continued, demonstrators and Secret Service
officers battled in Lafayette Park, which sits across from the White House.
Protesters managed to wangle multiple shields and barricades from the officers.
Even after the reinforcements from the Park Police appeared on
the scene, protesters managed to take down more barricades and seize multiple
riot shields from officers.
The Secret Service on Saturday did not respond to questions
about the protests, including some about which agencies were involved in
responding. The Park Police also did not respond to questions.
In his tweets about the protests, Trump suggested that
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser prevented her city’s police force from
responding to the protests.
“On the bad side, the D.C. Mayor, @MurielBowser,
who is always looking for money & help, wouldn’t let the D.C. Police get
involved,” Trump wrote.
In response, D.C. police pointed to comments Bowser made in a
press conference on Saturday afternoon.
“I want to be very clear: My police department in Washington,
D.C., will always protect D.C. and all who live and visit here. In fact, that
is exactly what we did yesterday and last night. No one needed to ask the
Metropolitan Police Department to get involved because we were already
involved,” Bowser said.
She added: “D.C. police supported [the] uniformed Secret Service
last night like we have done literally dozens of times at Lafayette Park. [D.C.
police], the U.S. Park Police and the Secret Service coordinated throughout the
evening and night, and at no time was the chief of police concerned about
losing control of protest activity in Washington, D.C.”
The Secret Service and Park Police swept into and dispersed the
crowd using pepper spray at 3:22 a.m. on Saturday. Officers from both agencies
also pushed credentialed press out of the park across from the White House.
“Get the f*** out of the park!” officers said.
Law Enforcement Fire Tear Gas, Peppers Spray, Rubber Bullets at White House Protesters
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Protesters stormed the White House again on Saturday, as law enforcement officials used tear gas, pepper spray, and rubber bullets to deter them.
Tear gas just fired at protestors outside The White House. Lots of people gasping for breath & unable to see.
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Reporters on the scene said that protesters continued to tear down temporary barricades at the White House while throwing fireworks, bottles, and rocks.
DC National Guard have joined the law enforcement line in front the White House.#dcprotest #GeorgeFloydProtests
Cops are now spraying protesters with pepper spray. #dcprotests #GeorgeFloydProtests
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Despite Trump floating the notion of his MAGA supporters gathering at the White House on Saturday night, there were no reports of a visible presence of Trump-affiliated supporters on the scene.
Maine One flew over the crowds as the president returned to the White House after watching a NASA/SpaceX manned rocket launch in Florida on Saturday afternoon.
A group of protesters just tried to get into Lafayette Square Park. Tear gas was deployed again.
Trump, in Marine One, just did a flyover of the protest area outside the White House.
Protesters flipped off the president’s helicopter.#dcprotest #MAGANIGHT #GeorgeFloydProtests
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Unlike Friday night, where protesters struggled with Secret Service on Pennsylvania Avenue, officials closed off Lafayette Park keeping protesters far away from the White House complex. Officials were much more aggressive in warding off protesters from the area.
Tensions flared near the White House. Not sure what triggered it, all I saw was a blast of pepper spray and a sudden sprint backward. There’s a lot more pressure on the police cordon and they’re pulling out gas masks.
Insanity outside the White House. Three warnings of an unlawful assembly from the Secret Service before storming into the crowd.
A lot of people have been hit with paper spray. In all the chaos, at least one person was tossed to the ground and presumably arrested.
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Pictures on social media showed dumpsters near the White House set on fire.
To be clear: there are a bunch of different law enforcement agencies out here in front of the White House.
DC police, Capitol police, US park police, secret service.#DCProtests
Getting real tense here in front of the White House.
People charged the barricade and grabbed it / tore it down. Cops fired a round of rubber bullets and deployed tear gas at protesters attempting to get past the fence. #dcprotests
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Protesters have pulled down fencing to stand face to face with police near White House. Fireworks have been thrown at police, along with some rocks, and a couple dumpsters have been set afire. A teargas canister was fired by police then lobbed back #DCProtest #GeorgeFloydProtests
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One reporter said on Twitter that she was shot twice by rubber bullets.
I was shot twice tonight by rubber bullets while reporting in front of the White House. Just one of the strategies police are using to keep protestors from breaking through the barricades. #GeorgeFloydProtests
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Somewhat tense moment at 16th and K. Large group of protesters walked up to police line, looked like some may’ve tried to push past them. Police used pepper spray to get most of crowd to disperse. This is 2 blocks from White House.
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The DC National Guard issued a statement noting that they had been activated to assist U.S. Park Police to maintain order near the White House. Military vehicles were spotted traveling to the area.
(There are a bunch of volunteer street medics out here to help people who have been injured.)
DC National Guard have joined the law enforcement line in front the White House.#dcprotest #GeorgeFloydProtests
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Protesters repeatedly chanted “F-uck Donald Trump!”
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Fires in garbage bins. This is the scene outside the White House now. There have been a number of intense exchanges. Tear gas from police. Flares from protestors. Some protestors tell me the police threw them first, and they were throwing them back.
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There’ve been at least two fireworks launched toward police at the White House standoff, both in the last ten minutes or so along with an escalation in the number of bottles thrown.
I haven’t been able to get them on film because they’re so quick, here’s the aftermath of one.
Burning dumpster on H Street outside Lafayette Park. First fire of the night.
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