Tag: Protests

Congressional Democrats rebut Trump charge they want to defund police

Kerry Picket · June 4, 2020 11:00 pm

Man who brought bow and arrow to Salt Lake City protest charged with aggravated assault

Mica Soellner · June 4, 2020 10:19 pm

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio speaks during a news conference on May 1, 2018, in Newark, N.J.

NYC protesters boo and turn back on Bill de Blasio

Anthony Leonardi · June 4, 2020 10:04 pm

Demonstrators, who had gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, begin to run from tear gas used by police to clear the street near the White House in Washington, Monday, June 1, 2020. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers.

Using tear gas against protesters could increase spread of coronavirus: Experts

Zach Halaschak · June 4, 2020 9:55 pm

Legislative Black Caucus member says open ears must be part of riot clean up process

Washington Examiner · June 4, 2020 9:30 pm

Attorney General William Barr is seen.

Barr warns of 'witches' brew' of antifa and other extremists causing violence in George Floyd protests

Jerry Dunleavy · June 4, 2020 8:45 pm

U.S. soldiers from the 82nd Airborne division stand guard outside a forward base near Chinar village in the Ghorak district of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, in March 2007. (AP Photo / Rafiq Maqbool)

Beltway Confidential

Why it’s a bad idea to use airborne infantry as riot police

Tom Rogan · June 4, 2020 8:38 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement following a shooting in the central German city Hanau, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Several people were killed at locations in when shots were fired in Hanau late Wednesday, with the suspect and another person found dead at his home afterwards.

‘Racism is something terrible’: Merkel condemns George Floyd death and says US society is ‘very polarized’

Zach Halaschak · June 4, 2020 8:36 pm

YouTuber Jake Paul charged with criminal trespassing and unlawful assembly during Arizona mall looting

Haley Victory Smith · June 4, 2020 8:23 pm

Conservative House Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., leaves after speaking to reporters at the Capitol where he blocked a unanimous consent vote on a long-awaited $19 billion disaster aid bill in the chamber on Tuesday, May 28, 2019.

Republican lawmaker wonders if any George Floyd protester is ‘articulate’

Mike Brest · June 4, 2020 8:13 pm

Pelosi writes to Trump about ‘increased militarization’ and unidentified protest police

Susan Ferrechio · June 4, 2020 7:51 pm

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, speaks during a news conference after the SpaceX Falcon 9 Demo-1 launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Saturday, March 2, 2019.

‘Time to break up Amazon’: Elon Musk blasts Bezos after book skeptical of coronavirus figures is temporarily pulled from site

Spencer Neale · June 4, 2020 7:44 pm