The protests around the world that honor George Floyd are mostly peaceful.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he does not support use the U.S. military for domestic law enforcement to quell violence erupting at some protests. Esper, speaking at a news conference, said the National Guard is"best suited" for supporting local law enforcement. Governors in more than half the states have called up their National Guards, and more than 20,000 guard members have been called to duty.
Bush, who has been critical of Trump, did not mention the current president by name but said,"The only way to see ourselves in a true light is to listen to the voices of so many who are hurting and grieving. Those who set out to silence those voices do not understand the meaning of America – or how it becomes a better place.
"We didn't have people mourning the death of this man, George Floyd," Moore said Monday."We had people capitalizing. His death is on their hands, as much as it is those officers." Trump has been pressing mayors and governors to crack down on the protests, threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy federal troops to states.marched in Manhattan and Brooklyn on Tuesday night
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