Donald Trump calls protesters in Minneapolis "thugs" and vows that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" after rioters angered by the death of African-American man George Floyd break into a city police station and set it on fire.
But Mr Lopez said they were yet to be seen, as demonstrators started clashing with police as night began falling. "It's a culmination of many things. I think that the relationship between the black community and police has been bad for many, many years," Mr Lopez added. The reporter attempted to show exactly how tense the situation in front of him was, but by this point in the interview it had escalated and he was forced to back away.To which he replied: "Ah, not at the moment."Moments later, another blast sounded behind him and protesters started to flee the scene.
"The police have been deploying pepper spray … on people who are being most antagonistic. Those are also, I believe, non-lethal rounds firing in the background," he said of the noise behind him."There's a number of people here who are interested in actual change and are here to demonstrate peacefully."But I think there are others here who are looking to get into a confrontation with police officers.
THE MEDIA PUSH THEIR OWN BIAS AGENDA, PUSHING HATRED, ANGER, UNREST, EXAGGERATION, SENSATIONALISM, BAD FEELINGS AND BIAS REPORTING, BECOMING TO PERSONAL, THEY HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE, FINED FOR FAKE NEWS, ACCOUNTABLE TO LAW, THEY ARE NOT GOD
Riots? That’s a quick definition. You are acting more and more like trumps spokesman.
Hate begets hate. Doesn't help that there's a lack of leadership.
A gathering of socialist imbeciles
No excuse for thieving, robbing, burning, & pillaging. A silent vigil or March was the honourable thing to do and would have had greater impact.
That's interesting. So this is a riot but HK is a peaceful protest. POTUS threatens to shoot protesters but condemns use of force by police in HK where protesters are actually stabbing and setting HK residents on fire. 🤢
US government was criticizing how Hong Kong government treats the protestors. But now Trump has threatened to send troops
Long my term reforms are critical. We can only hope that social media may be they key to allow the US to do so and stop Australia following in its wake by the crooked and extreme rwfw ‘s we have had and have in power.
Friggin terrorist
Amazing photo, perfect exposure, composition, and depth of field. Oh and on topic looks like a nice bunch of kids with cell phones and fireworks. I hope it stops cops killing people! The police are hired muscle not executioners.
We really need to look closely at how we offset the environmental impact of these riots. We're in a climate emergency.
Double standards America. Minnesota & HK!
Black lives matter, get it Oz!! firstcitizensmatter
The US looks like a pretty violent place. I dont think that would happen to that extent in Australia.
It was always going to come to this! Just happened sooner rather than later! Take heed Australia, Respect Our Indigenous Ppl! 🙏🏼
'There's a number of people here who are interested in actual change and are here to demonstrate peacefully”- No. Peaceful protest has been happening for YEARS and people of colour are STILL being murdered by police.
Check out the white chicks at the riot 😂😂
Looks like a street party, what a pack of punces.
Staged and paid for by George Soros and Antifa to create a race war. Just watch it happen in other democratic states.
Send in the guard. Rioting is not justified here. I hope the cops go down for murder but these fucking hooligans need to be dealt with by the military.
Smart people ruin & burn their own homes when bad stuff happens, to make everything better.😂
When people's lives mean nothing then those people have Nothing to lose.
Wouldn’t be a riot if the cops involved were charged. Charge them so everyone can go home.
We'll I'll be, you covered it!
The murder was terrible but rioting and looting is just hurting local people and jobs. Violence is counter-productive and will solve nothing.
So civilised 🙄
Burn it to the ground.. they tried to protest peacefully...and it went unheard...
Amanda Vandstone and others tried to import a black problem to Australia. Partially successful in Victoria.
This is where failed race politics gets you. No room for nuance or understanding, just escalation. This is the same place where an unarmed Australian woman was killed by a police officer. There weren't any riots.
Not downplaying severity of event... but might I ask 'which riots' are peaceful & organised that we are comparing these to? Its a 'riot' not an under 14's vegan mime protest about Microsoft spellcheck software... WTF do we expect it to look like?
WhiteLivesMatter
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Ritors? I think they are just protestors, same as those HK thugs?
Monkeyseemonkeydo
Police just arrested black CNN reporter live on tv..
Ppl should not only pay attention to the 'beautiful scenes' in Minnesota, but also pay attention to what happened in Kentucky, Ohio, and California. A 'democrazy' human right Act of Minnesota is urgently needed and we all now stand by these ritors to protest US police brutality.
You mean after they destroyed innocent people's business, looted and vandalised other stores and set the cop shop on fire?
Everday i thank whoever it is up there that i live in Australia. We may be far from perfect, but we are no where near as fucked up as the rest of the world
Professional rioters....funded by soros
Nancy Pelosi: 'Beautiful sight'
Hypocrite abc news, the spoilers in Hong Kong are good people, the spoilers in the United States are thugs
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