During CNN’s coverage of the rioting and protests in Minneapolis on Friday, host Chris Cuomo stated that people shouldn’t “give in to the oversimplification of what’s right and what’s wrong” and that lighting a car on fire because “you’re some
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Pentagon takes rare step of putting military police on alert to go to embattled Minneapolis.
Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) announced early on Saturday he would deploy the national guard after protests in Atlanta over the death of George Floyd turned violent.
Bernie Kerik said fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin should have been charged with first degree murder in the killing of George Floyd.
The wife of Derek Chauvin, the arrested and charged former Minneapolis police officer at the center of George Floyd’s death, is seeking a divorce, according to her lawyer.
Friday during Minneapolis NBC affiliate KARE’s coverage of the ongoing civil unrest in Minnesota’s Twin Cities, an unidentified man claiming to be a shopping center owner took to the camera to sound off on the situation.
Protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are defying a city-wide curfew and in some instances clashing with the state’s national guard as the public backlash to the death of George Floyd enter its third night.
Friday, Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson led off his prime time program with a scathing critique of government as whole for the unfolding situation around the country, which included looting and burning, and the destruction of a police station in Minneapolis.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday afternoon injected himself into escalating tensions over George Floyd’s death, declaring that “racism is real” in the United States.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) said that “George Floyd should be alive” and that his killing is “a very clear injustice” that people are right to be outraged over. He added
In the District of Columbia, police scrambled to control a large crowd protesting Floyd’s death.
The flag of the Mapuche indigenous people of Chile, whose use became prominent among violent leftist protesters in that country last year, was spotted amid anti-police brutality protests in Minneapolis on Thursday.
“We also know that most policemen you see the great job they do … this was a terrible insult to police and policemen,” he said.
Actor-singer Jamie Foxx joined a protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Friday in solidarity over the death of George Floyd. Foxx offered condolences and urged calm alongside Floyd’s longtime friend, retired NBA player Stephen Jackson.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “MTP Daily,” 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden said that the killing of George Floyd and surrounding events in Minneapolis have “nothing to do” with who he will pick as his vice
Rapper and actor Ice Cube has posted a cartoon on Twitter showing a black figure stomping on a white figure in what appears to be the rapper’s latest reaction to the death of George Floyd and the riots that have ensued.
Reporters waited over an hour in the Rose Garden for the press conference to begin, but Trump left after delivering a statement on China and Hong Kong.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Friday announced he is enacting a nighttime curfew for the city this weekend, between 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., as the city reels from violent protests over the death of George Floyd.
“Looting leads to shooting, and that’s why a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis on Wednesday night – or look at what just happened in Louisville with 7 people shot,” Trump wrote.
Friday, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) weighed in on the violence that erupted Thursday in Minneapolis over the death of forgery suspect George Lloyd while in police custody.
George Floyd, the man whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police has set off nationwide protests, is being remembered as a reformer of his Texas hometown who encouraged black youth to turn from violence before he was killed.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Friday accused President Donald Trump of advocating for “illegal, state-sponsored killing” after the president threatened to use the National Guard to crack down on riots in Minneapolis in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
University of Oklahoma Professor Dr. Karlos Hill has defended the rioting in response to the death of George Floyd. Hill asks the question, “Where is there space for black rage?”
Chinese propagandists quickly jumped on the Minneapolis riots to score political points against the United States, comparing the riots to the Hong Kong protests and behaving as if China has a lighter touch when dealing with civil unrest than President Donald Trump because Trump said in a tweet that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
“George Floyd will not have died in vain,” Trump wrote. “Respect his memory!!!”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) will hold a press conference Friday morning to address the state’s response to the George Floyd riots that have now entered their third day. The event is slated to begin at 11:30 a.m. Eastern. On
Friday on CBS’s “This Morning,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison shared his reaction to the situation in Minneapolis with protests for George Floyd’s death.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) lashed out early Friday morning at President Donald Trump for criticizing his handling of the riots in Minnesota following George Floyd’s death.
Hennepin County Prosecutor Mike Freeman (a Democrat) claimed he had evidence that did not support a criminal charge against the police officer allegedly responsible for George Floyd’s death. He now says he was misinterpreted.
CNN “New Day” on Friday morning cut to correspondent Omar Jimenez as he reported on the scene in Minneapolis after protests turned violent. During the middle of the broadcast, Jimenez and his crew of a cameraman and a producer were all arrested by Minnesota
Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” network anchor Joy Reid addressed the scene in Minneapolis as violent protests have ramped up.
Left-wing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore declared early Friday morning that the Minneapolis Police Department headquarters must be demolished as a “contrition to Black America” in the midst of rioters setting a police precinct ablaze.
Trump again accused the company of bias, after signing an executive order on Thursday, warning them of further regulation.
President Donald Trump reacted angrily to the third night of rioting and looting in Minneapolis on Thursday in reaction to the death of George Floyd.
Twitter has hidden a tweet by President Donald Trump on the Minneapolis riots behind a public notice accusing him of “glorifying violence”.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) requested on Thursday that “protesters” in the City of Lakes practice social distancing and wear masks to reduce coronavirus transmission. The municipal government claimed to provide hundreds of masks to the public for this purpose.
As conditions are deteriorating in Minneapolis, MN, MSNBC’s Ali Velshi is on the ground, offering viewers a glimpse of the situation as it unfolds.
Rioters in Minneapolis breached the city police department’s third precinct and set fires, according to numerous eyewitness accounts.
Violent protests continue to flare up in Minneapolis and St. Paul as the state responds to the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer placed his knee on Floyd’s neck while handcuffed.
During a press conference on Thursday, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo stated that there is “a deficit of hope in our city,” and the Minneapolis Police Department “has contributed to that deficit of hope,” but criminality that hurts the community further will not be allowed. He also said that “many of the people that were involved in the criminal conduct” on Wednesday were people that nobody recognized as residents of the city.
