It was inappropriate for protesters to surround a New York Police Department (NYPD) vehicle and threaten the officers, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said Saturday.
Rioters lit fires at various locations in Washington, D.C., today, including near the White House, as violent unrest continued for the second day in the nation’s capital in protests over the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis, MN, police officer.
A business owner in Rochester, New York, drove up near would-be looters by his store, exited his vehicle, and fired at least one warning shot from a long gun.
Saturday on MSNBC during coverage of the riots around the country underway in the name of George Floyd’s death, MSNBC regular guest and Fordham professor Christina Greer compared the civil unrest to that which took place during the French Revolution.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued a curfew on Saturday night in the wake of violent protests over the death of George Floyd.
Rioters in Seattle, Washington, looted mannequins from clothing stores during protests over the police custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Saturday on CNN, while showing split-screen coverage of looting in Los Angeles and fires in Washington, D.C. tied to civil unrest underway committed in the name of the George Floyd, anchor Don Lemon editorialized about the scene.
“The National Guard has been released in Minneapolis to do the job that the Democrat Mayor couldn’t do,” Trump wrote, referring to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
Looters bashed out the windows of a Subway in Dallas, Texas, and stole Coca-Cola during the third night of riots across the United States over the death of George Floyd.
The protests across the nation over the death of George Floyd are fueling fears in U.S. cities that the demonstrations could exacerbate the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak, which has disproportionally ravaged minority populations.
Protesters climbed atop NYPD squad vehicles, crushed emergency lights and knocked out the vehicles’ windows in Union Square on Saturday.
Two police officers were injured Saturday when protesters began throwing bricks and other objects during a George Floyd protest in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
A rioter in Seattle, Washington, looted a cheesecake from the city’s Cheesecake Factory restaurant, local news media confirmed.
According to recent reports, 13 Philadelphia police officers have been injured and four police vehicles have been burned during riots.
Rioters in Salt Lake City, Utah, beat a man, flipped his car, and lit it on fire after he confronted them with a bow and arrow during riots on Saturday evening.
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.
Luxury fashion stores are getting wiped out of their merchandise in a matter of seconds due to looting and rioting across various American cities.
Twitter has yet to “fact check” a tweet from former CNN contributor and progressive author Reza Aslan that accuses Trump supporters of being responsible the violence and looting that has broken out around the country.
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.
Several Seattle police vehicles were set ablaze as riots rage Saturday in the city’s downtown area over the death of George Floyd.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bernie Kerik called for the FBI to investigate the funding of “domestic terrorism” from operations such as Antifa and Black Lives Matter.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants residents to gather together to protest, but her executive order restricting church attendance is still in effect.
“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.”
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.
Bail has been set for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, the man filmed with his knee on George Floyd’s neck while he was handcuffed and face down on the street and subsequently died, at $500,000, according to charging documents.
Members of an Army Immediate Response Force part of the 82nd Airborne Division have been told to be ready to respond to riots.
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that leftist organizations such as Antifa are responsible for the widespread rioting and looting on Friday after the death of George Floyd.
Friday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) acknowledged the outbreak of violence around the country, allegedly a result of George Lloyd’s death while in the custody of Minneapolis police, should be condemned.
As violent protests sweep the nation following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Portland rioters have set fire to the Portland Police Department and the Justice Center.
