Trump blamed “radical left anarchists,” as well as the media, for stirring up trouble. He missed identifying the source of the upheaval.
for stirring up trouble in various cities and urged local leaders to shut their demonstrations down “before it is too late!”after demonstrators gathered outside the White House over Floyd’s death and the president’s response to it. Many chanted “Black lives matter,” “I can’t breathe” and “No justice, no peace.” Some threw items at police and destroyed local property.— Donald J.
An American Civil Liberties Union official, responding to Trump’s terrorism call for antifa on Sunday, called it “abused and misused.” “As this tweet demonstrates, terrorism is an inherently political label, easily abused and misused. There is no legal authority for designating a domestic group. Any such designation would raise significant due process and First Amendment concerns,” said ACLU National Security Project Director Hina Shamsi in a statement to HuffPost.Police are seen armed with batons after protesters violated a curfew in effect in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Professor Steve Vladeck of the University of Texas School of Law similarly slapped down Trump’s plans,
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