Appearing Saturday on MSNBC, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) once against suggested President Donald Trump was partly to blame for the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck while in custody.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Saturday agitators threw “bottles of water, urine, and Lord knows what else” at police as others used “shovels, bats, hammers, and metal pipes” to destroy property.
Maxine Waters (D-CA) claimed, without evidence, that minority communities fear President Donald Trump’s goal is to declare martial law.
American troops were spotted heading into Washington DC in military trucks around sunset earlier today. In a Facebook post, the National Guard confirmed it has been activated in the D.C. area.
Rioters took turns tagging and attacking a WGN TV truck in downtown Chicago as mounted police stood down.
Police and protesters teamed up to tackle an armed man who showed up across the street from a George Floyd protest in Lubbock, Texas. The man appeared to be brandishing a semi-automatic rifle in a threatening manner before he dropped the weapon on the sidewalk.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Saturday attended a protest outside the White House as violent unrest rages across the United States over the death of George Floyd, the man who died after a Minneapolis police officer placed his knee on Floyd’s neck while handcuffed.
More than a dozen staffers working for former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign have donated money to help pay the bail of those arrested in the recent riots in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Rioters have set fire to Nashville City Hall on Saturday as protests continue to rage in the city’s downtown area over the death of George Floyd, as seen in video shared by a local reporter.
Luxury fashion stores are getting wiped out of their merchandise in a matter of seconds due to looting and rioting across various American cities.
Los Angeles saw riots spread to the Fairfax District and Beverly Hills on Saturday in what is shaping up to be another tumultuous night in the nation’s second largest city.
Chicago authorities raised the city’s iconic river bridges in the city’s downtown loop during protests and riots on Saturday to slow the flow of people walking into the city.
During an interview on MSNBC on Saturday, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) stated that he thought the country had made more progress on race than it has, urged people to “teach the way of peace, the way of love, the philosophy,
Several Seattle police vehicles were set ablaze as riots rage Saturday in the city’s downtown area over the death of George Floyd.
A large throng of agitators descended on the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago on Saturday, and brawled with police in the streets.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the activation of the state’s National Guards Saturday night in response to the protest violence across the state. The move comes after the governor deployed 1,500 Department of Public Safety troopers to the state’s largest cities earlier in the day.
Clashes with the police continued for a second day outside the White House, amid nationwide outbreaks of violence and looting, with one protester seen holding a sign bearing the slogan “The People Want Blood.”
Nike released a new ad on Friday in response to the killing of George Floyd, imploring people to ‘Don’t Do It.’ In other words, to not turn their backs on racism.
During a press conference on Saturday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) urged people to allow firefighters to put fires out and allow the police to restore peace and announced that the city would institute a curfew on downtown LA
LAPD squad cars were damaged and, in some cases, destroyed Saturday as crowds converged on Los Angeles’ streets for a fourth day of protests over the death of George Floyd.
As protesters across the United States express their anger over the death of George Floyd, in many cases devolving into rioting and looting, protesters in Washington DC locked hands and stood before White House police forming a human barricade to protect the officers.
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Los Angeles police withheld retaliatory fire after a protester shot rounds at law enforcement officials during the riots that swept through downtown L.A. late Friday and into Saturday morning, sources familiar with the matter told Breitbart News.
The Minneapolis Public School Board wrote a resolution Friday to sever ties with the city’s police department following the death of George Floyd.
Jail records show that the vast number of arrested Minneapolis protesters have Minnesota addresses: 38 of the 45 individuals arrested.
One man was shot and killed and 61 protesters were arrested in downtown Detroit after tensions escalated between protesters and police officers over the riots concerning George Floyd’s death.
Minnesota Democrat Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan accused “white supremacists” on Saturday of instigating and participating in the widespread riots and looting in her state over the police killing of state resident George Floyd.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s News HQ,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) stated that because of the rioting, “The unfortunate and the tragic death of George Floyd” and legitimate issues on policing and race have “now receded
More than 170 St. Paul, Minnesota, businesses were looted or damaged during the riots over George Floyd’s death, police said.
Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) told Breitbart News on Saturday that the riots in Atlanta on Friday night were “out of character” for the city and state known for its role in the Civil Rights Movement.
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) stated that “everyone grieves” over the killing of George Floyd and that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on policing, use of force, police-community
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants residents to gather together to protest, but her executive order restricting church attendance is still in effect.
Movie mogul and actor Tyler Perry took to social media on Saturday to urge rioters to stop the violent protests that raged on across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s death, proclaiming, “looting is not the answer.”
Cities around the country saw violent protests Friday night. Businesses were burned to the ground. Many were injured and the White House had to go on partial lockdown. That’s not enough for actor John Cusack. A man was killed Friday
The killing of a federal contract security officer who was watching over a protest in Oakland, Calif., was an act of domestic terrorism, U.S. authorities said Saturday.
Attorney General William Barr said Saturday that violence in many places around the country appears to have been planned and carried out by “far-left extremist groups using Antifa-like tactics” in the wake of riots over the death of George Floyd.
“They’ve got to be tough they’ve got to be smart,” Trump said. “We have our military ready and willing and able if they ever want to call the military, we can have troops on the ground very quickly if they ever want our military.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on Friday accused President Donald Trump of advocating for “armed violence” against black communities across the country as unrest continues over the death of George Floyd. “At this critical moment in our nation’s history, at a
One reporter asked the president if he was “stoking more racial violence” by suggesting that his supporters rally at the White House.
A Houston, Texas, man who saw live coverage of the protests over George Floyd’s death in his city on television was inspired to take action in a positive way by cleaning the graffiti off of the vandalized buildings.
