Daily Mail: White House goes into lockdown as protesters battle with police and burn American flags outside amid countrywide demonstrations over the death of George Floyd
* White House has gone into lockdown as protests over George Floyd's death spread to the seat of government
* One protester was detained by Secret Service after he tried to scale the walls into the grounds
* Public demanded a medic for the man after he was seen with blood on his face amid fears of more brutality
* Minnesota Gov. Walz signed an emergency order to implement a curfew across the whole state
* This came after Minneapolis has been left in tatters after three nights of protests with one shot dead and a police precinct stormed and set alight by rioters
* Protests ramped up in Floyd's hometown of Houston where residents said the cop's arrest is not enough
* In Brooklyn, New York, protesters headed towards the 88th police precinct
The White House has gone into lockdown as protesters tried to scale the walls, battled with Secret Service and burned American flags during protests over George Floyd's death.
Violence has erupted across the US for a fourth night Friday, with protesters gathering where Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, his hometown of Houston and the home of US democracy Washington DC.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed an emergency order to implement a curfew across the whole state, following three nights of carnage in Minneapolis that have seen one suspected looter shot dead, cops forced to flee a police precinct as it was stormed and set alight by rioters and the city left in tatters.
The protests have now reached the seat of the US government, with protesters marching to the White House, sending it into lockdown.
Secret Service officers have stopped anyone entering the White House grounds, where President Trump is currently in residence, after a demonstrator tried to scale the fence in Lafayette Park to get inside.
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More News On The White House Going Into Lockdown Earlier Today
White House goes on brief lockdown after protest erupts nearby -- The Hill
White House partially locked down as nationwide George Floyd protests spread to D.C. -- Politico
White House on LOCKDOWN as George Floyd protests break out in capital and across US for fourth night of rage -- The SUN
Riots are popping off at every large Democrat run city. MLPS set the tone. Police precincts are fair game. The result of years of criminal-friendly policies.
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None of these are spontaneous demonstrations. All are organized. ANTIFA and Black Lives Matter are likely behind, all funded by George Soros. Will America have the will to shut these organizations down and suppress this violence that is going to cost a lot of money? Likely not, as US politicians are fairly spineless and a large part of the government (i.e. Democrats) are not-so-secretly supporting the rioters.
ReplyDeleteCan't remember whites rioting and looting when O. J walked.
ReplyDeleteAn unarmed white woman was shot at point blank range by a "colored" police officer in Minneapolis and there were no riots.
ReplyDeleteFar-right extremists are showing up, with guns, to the protests against police brutality that have exploded across the country.
ReplyDeleteOthers are egging on the violence from behind their computers, urging followers to carry out acts of violence against black protesters with the goal of sparking a “race war.”
Their presence makes an uneasy addition to the escalating unrest, which was triggered by the death of George Floyd, a black man who was choked to death by a white Minneapolis police officer earlier this week.
But there’s a range of motivations that’s driving far-right interest toward the protests, which are being led by community members and Black Lives Matter, and bolstered by antifascists.
For example, the so-called Boogaloo Bois — a group of armed anti-government extremists made visible by their Hawaiian shirts — have reportedly shown up to some of the protests.
READ: The cop who kneeled on George Floyd's neck was just charged with murder
The “boogaloo” is code for impending civil war or violent confrontation with law enforcement, and that’s what they’re hoping to get out of the protests. Their main reason for being there is their antipathy toward law enforcement, and so they’re trying to position themselves as allies of Black Lives Matter protesters. They’ve made police brutality one of their central issues, which was explored at length in a Bellingcat article this week.
It doesn't matter where you go you take your fantasies with you. Like someone said: pant pant pant.
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