Post by Portiaami on Jun 5, 2020 5:33:09 GMT
Trump Declares 'I Am Your Law and Order President,' Orders Thousands of Armed Troops Into Washington
www.newsmax.com/politics/riots-law-and-order-national-guard-looting/2020/06/01/id/970041/?oRef=mixi
With police deploying tear gas and flash bangs sounding in the background, President Donald Trump announced he is mobilizing the National Guard, and if necessary, the military, to stop rioting and looting and protect the lives of peace-loving citizens.
"We cannot allow the righteous cries and peaceful protesters to be drowned out by an angry mob," Trump said in a brief speech Monday from the White House Rose Garden. "The biggest victims of the rioting are peace-loving citizens in our poorest communities and as their president, I will fight to keep them safe.
"I will fight to protect you. I am your president of law and order and an ally of all peaceful protesters.
"But in recent days, our nation has been gripped by professional anarchists, violent mobs, arsonists, looters, criminals, rioters, Antifa, and others."
Read the entire speech transcript here.(See link)
Trump began with a vow for justice for George Floyd, the unarmed black man who was killed by now-fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Cauvin. The officer, facing third-degree murder charges, kept his knee pressed on Floyd's neck for minutes while Floyd was begging to breathe.
"All Americans are rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death of George Floyd," Trump said. "My administration is fully committed that, for George and his family, justice will be served. He will not have died in vain."
The circumstances of Floyd's death have triggered mass protests across the country and even in other nations. Many have been accompanied by spasms of violence as protesters, counterprotesters, and police have butted heads.
There have been several thousand arrests since the Memorial Day death, as well as acts of vandalism to buildings and cars, and repeated cases of looting that have been decried by many community leaders, law enforcement officials, and the Floyd family itself.
www.newsmax.com/politics/riots-law-and-order-national-guard-looting/2020/06/01/id/970041/?oRef=mixi
With police deploying tear gas and flash bangs sounding in the background, President Donald Trump announced he is mobilizing the National Guard, and if necessary, the military, to stop rioting and looting and protect the lives of peace-loving citizens.
"We cannot allow the righteous cries and peaceful protesters to be drowned out by an angry mob," Trump said in a brief speech Monday from the White House Rose Garden. "The biggest victims of the rioting are peace-loving citizens in our poorest communities and as their president, I will fight to keep them safe.
"I will fight to protect you. I am your president of law and order and an ally of all peaceful protesters.
"But in recent days, our nation has been gripped by professional anarchists, violent mobs, arsonists, looters, criminals, rioters, Antifa, and others."
Read the entire speech transcript here.(See link)
Trump began with a vow for justice for George Floyd, the unarmed black man who was killed by now-fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Cauvin. The officer, facing third-degree murder charges, kept his knee pressed on Floyd's neck for minutes while Floyd was begging to breathe.
"All Americans are rightly sickened and revolted by the brutal death of George Floyd," Trump said. "My administration is fully committed that, for George and his family, justice will be served. He will not have died in vain."
The circumstances of Floyd's death have triggered mass protests across the country and even in other nations. Many have been accompanied by spasms of violence as protesters, counterprotesters, and police have butted heads.
There have been several thousand arrests since the Memorial Day death, as well as acts of vandalism to buildings and cars, and repeated cases of looting that have been decried by many community leaders, law enforcement officials, and the Floyd family itself.
