Protests Erupt Across The Country As Minneapolis Police Precinct Burns

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President Trump threatened to send the military and shoot protestors in Minneapolis, declaring “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”

Protests erupted in cities across the country on Thursday night and Friday morning in response to the death of George Floyd, with protestors in Minneapolis setting fire to a police precinct and President Trump threatening to send in the military to shoot protestors.... [+]

2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As unrest continues after the death of George Floyd police abandoned the precinct building, allowing protesters to set fire to it. Protestors gathered in several cities including Minneapolis, Louisville, Phoenix and Columbus, Ohio, demanding the arrest of the four officers involved in the killing of George Floyd after Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman

 

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Blatantly misconstruing the words of POTUS.

He did not threaten to shoot protestors. He said 'if looting starts, shooting starts...' It's not a threat. It's common sense b/c Americans are armed and will defend their property. 🙄

It’s not protest. It’s riot.

THAT WOULD BE A SIGN OF tRUMP

Floyd didn't ”shout”, he had a knee on his neck and was gurgling. Instigators smashing things might be white cops, white girl tries to run people over with her car. Do better. Protesting is in the Constitution, racist subversive tactics are not. Do better.

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Police officers need to understand the true nature of preserving the peace means preserving lives. Police officers need to abide by a strict rules of engagement that ensures all people are treated with human dignity and have the right to live to see a proper judicial trial.

It's Twitters platform, Mr. T isn't forced to use it, so Twitter can say what they want on their own platform.

Meanwhile the rest of the rioters are busy stealing Air Jordan’s and 4K TVs not giving a damn about the guy that was killed

It's not a protest anymore, call it what it is, insurrection

Riots.

absolutely DISGUSTING behavior as none of these protestor's are 6 feet from the other protestor's

I CAN'T BREATHE

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