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Rahul Dubey sheltered nearly 70 anti-racism protesters in his D.C. home when police began pepper spraying the crowd which had marched from the White House in honour of George Floyd. Dubey kept the protesters in his home overnight to prevent them for being arrested for breaking the city-wide curfew. He said that bringing the group of like-minded strangers together was inspiring and rewarding.
The case, filed by the ACLU on behalf of Black Lives Matter and protesters, called police tactics a "frankly criminal attack".
Authoritarianism experts worry that Trump could abuse his powers to try to disrupt the November election or delegitimise the result if he loses.
"We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership," the former US defence secretary wrote to The Atlantic.
The president has threatened a military crackdown on protests over George Floyd's death. But when demonstrators back causes he likes, it's a totally different story.
Minutes after telling reporters he would deploy the military if state officials could not contain protests against police brutality across the nation, Donald Trump walked across the street from the White House to St John’s Episcopal Church. Bishops across the US condemned the president for using the Bible as a “photo op” for “partisan political purposes” after threatening military action against George Floyd protestors. A crowd of peaceful protestors outside the White House gates were dispersed with tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets to make way for him.
Tear gas, flash grenades and rubber bullets were used to disperse peaceful protestors to make way for the President's "photo op".
Leaders implored the president not to fan the fire as the nation is gripped by unrest over the death of George Floyd and other Black victims of police violence.
Trump mocked a journalist as "politically correct" for wearing a face covering to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
A Durham councillor has called for a police investigation into the PM's top advisor.