US President Donald Trump threatens martial law as he declares himself “the president of law and order” to quell a rise in protests against racial inequality
US President Donald Trump walks past a building defaced with graffiti by protestors in Lafayette Park after a photo opportunity at St John's Church during ongoing protests over racial inequality on June 1, 2020.
US President Donald Trump holds up a Bible as he stands in front of St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House in Washington, US on June 1, 2020. Trump said he would mobilise “thousands and thousands" of soldiers to keep the peace if governors did not use the National Guard to shut down the protests. Loud tear gas explosions could be heard as authorities moved what appeared to be peaceful protests in the park.
The officials said that some of the National Guard in DC will be armed and others will not. They said that the DC guard members do not have non-lethal weapons. The military police that are visible in the city are members of the Guard. The demonstrations turned violent in several cities, with people trashing stores, smashing and burning police cars and igniting fires in historic Lafayette Park across from the White House.
The president told the governors they were making themselves “look like fools” for not calling up more of the National Guard as a show for force on city streets. As cities have burned night after night and images of violence have dominated television coverage, Trump’s advisers have discussed the prospect of an Oval Office address in an attempt to ease tensions. The notion was quickly scrapped for lack of policy proposals and the president’s own seeming disinterest in delivering a message of unity.Demonstrators gather in Lafayette Park to protest the death of George Floyd on June 1, 2020, near the White House in Washington.
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