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The president's remarks followed days of nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
Thousands of anti-racism protestors gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square following the death of Black man George Floyd, who was killed by police. Similar scenes have been seen in Canada, Germany and New Zealand. The protests follow the death of George Floyd while in police custody, sparking a wave of anger in more than 75 cities across America.
Melania and Barron Trump are said to have accompanied the president.
Trump blamed “radical left anarchists,” as well as the media, for stirring up trouble. He missed identifying the source of the upheaval.
Protesters across the United States were met with an increasingly heavy-handed police response, with at least 25 cities imposing curfews.
Gandhi Mahal restaurant in Minneapolis was damaged during protests over George Floyd’s death.
The officer was captured on camera aiming a weapon at a reporter covering protests.
CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and two members of his crew were arrested by Minnesota State Patrol officers while they were broadcasting live from protests in Minneapolis. Jimenez, who was covering the demonstrations that have erupted in the city following the death of George Floyd, was placed in handcuffs. A producer and a camera operator were also detained.
Twitter has placed a warning on one of Donald Trump’s tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying the president violated the platform’s rules about “glorifying violence”. Trump had lashed out at crowds in the city protesting over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in police custody, calling demonstrators “thugs” who were dishonouring his memory. Threatening to send the National Guard to Minneapolis after a third night of unrest in Minneapolis, the president tweeted: “..when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
The chilling message was part of a filmed report on the protest by TV journalist Kevin Vesey, who has become a target of Trump on Twitter.