Riots - Page 26

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office building was attacked in downtown Lansing on Sunday, and so far, she has not responded to that, or the other destruction in the capital city.

Cleveland police reportedly banned the media from being downtown on Sunday during the second consecutive day of George Floyd riots in the city.

Rioters on Sunday evening set fire to the offices of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) union.

Rioters are spraypainting “Fuck 12” and “ACAB” graffiti over police cars, windows, banks, shops, pavements, and walls.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said ongoing violence and looting are being perpetrated by “domestic terror groups” of both left-wing and right-wing political orientations. He took to Twitter on Sunday to share his comments.

A woman in Santa Monica, California, told looters on Sunday that their behavior would help President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. Riots and looting broke out on Sunday in Santa Monica in response to the death of George Floyd.

Rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday beat up a man carrying a hockey stick to defend a woman cyclist who was pushed over, according to a video posted to social media.

Appearing Sunday on CNN, Obama-era National Security Adviser Susan Rice claimed, without providing proof, that the Russian government could be pouring money into the ongoing riots over the death of George Floyd across the United States. 

A group of volunteers was spotted cleaning up graffiti and boarding up buildings of businesses in downtown Seattle Sunday morning after riots over the death of George Floyd the night before decimated the city.

Despite Interstate highways in Minneapolis having been closed since 5 p.m. local time,  tanker truck appeared to have driven through a crowd of protesters gathered on Interstate 35W near Washington Avenue on Sunday. As the crowd scattered, the truck appeared

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has activated the National Guard in the Sunshine State following violent protests rocking the Tampa Bay area on Saturday night, as rioters torched, vandalized, and looted businesses and damaged police vehicles.

Authorities made arrests in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday as police deployed pepper spray on protesters, LancasterOnline reported.

During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison was asked if black people in Minneapolis had reason to fear and distrust their local enforcement by show host Chris Wallace.

Local reporters on the scene noted many peaceful protests in Santa Monica, California on Sunday afternoon but that a separate contingent of looters organized.

An armed civilian carrying a firearm stood with an unarmed female protester on Sunday at the door of the REI store in Santa Monica, California, turning away a group of would-be looters who tried to smash into the store during a protest.

An Ohio animal hospital is seeking to help police horses injured during the riots that took place across the country this weekend — free of charge.

Twitter is allowing its users to coordinate criminal behavior on the platform, with dozens of tweets identifying looting targets still on the platform despite the fact that the site was notified by concerned citizens. The company has however changed the description of its official account to “#BlackLivesMatter.”

E-commerce giant Amazon published a statement on Sunday stating that the company is “standing in solidarity with the Black community” in the “fight against systemic racism and injustice.”

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said during NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday that “nobody really knows” who is behind the protest violence at the riots over George Floyd’s death.

A black federal officer, Patrick Underwood, was shot and killed in Oakland, California, Friday night as he attempted to keep the peace amid the violent riots sweeping California and the rest of the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death in Minnesota.

A Cleveland business owner whose cupcake shop got destroyed on Saturday night by rioters said that during the Chinese virus pandemic, she couldn’t have imagined her business getting “hit worse than ever.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) tweeted support on Sunday for the BLM petition to defund police departments across the United States.

Several Target locations will close temporarily due to violent riots following the death of George Floyd, the company announced Sunday.

Attorney General William Barr on Sunday released a statement on the violent riots breaking out across the country and declared that the violence “instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly.”

Two people were killed in downtown Indianapolis after “multiple shootings” were reported late Saturday night into early Sunday morning as protests over George Floyd’s death turned into angry riots.

Harvard University Deans Brian D. Farrell and Irina P. Ferreras argued this week that the riots that have occurred in response to the death of George Floyd are “symptoms of the disease, not the disease itself.” Other members of the Harvard community similarly sympathized with rioters in statements released this week.

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer facing charges of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the death of George Floyd, is reportedly on suicide watch.

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday plans to designate the violent leftist group Antifa as a terrorist organization.

Protest observers in Dallas saw multiple piles of bricks in areas where there is no reported construction. One of those locations is said to be near the Dallas County Courthouse. The Dallas Chief of Police reported nearly being hit by a thrown brick during a protest.

Rioters ostensibly participating in Black Lives Matter protests against the killing last week of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis tore through a heavily Jewish neighborhood of Los Angeles Saturday night, ransacking stores and vandalizing a synagogue.

Michel Martin, the black host of National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition Saturday, said “protesters” in Minneapolis have been subjected to tear gas and other enforcement while “mostly white protesters” who gathered in Wisconsin and Michigan last month to push for governors to allow businesses to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown were “heavily armed” and “occupied” the state capitols.

For nearly a decade, Democrats and the media elevated the radical left and their riots above the non-violent traditions of the civil rights movement.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison once tweeted support for Antifa — the so-called “anti-fascist” group that many blame for the ongoing riots in Minneapolis and elsewhere following the killing of George Floyd last week.

Lady Gaga is holding President Donald Trump responsible for the race riots that have engulfed the country, calling the president a “racist”  who “offers nothing but ignorance and prejudice while black lives continue to be taken.”

Politico suggested Friday that President Donald Trump bore some responsibility for unrest around the country, claiming he was confronting “a culture war of his own making” in the riots after the death of George Floyd.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles late Saturday night, and Mayor Eric Garcetti imposed a citywide curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. as riots raged through West L.A. and elsewhere.