We're halfway into the year. As we close out the month of may I just want to remind you that we're still in a global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has cost over 115,000 people their lives. We have over 3 million confirmed cases in the United States. By far the highest amount of cases are reported in the United States.
The unemployment rate in the United States is 14.7%. There is over 45 million Americans that are furlough or unemployed through no fault of their own.
We have unrest in the United States due to the death of unarmed people of color. The recent death of George Floyd has sparked nationwide unrest. In most communities, mayors are calling the governors to deploy the national guard to calm tensions. The hypocrisy is so there.
Just a mere four weeks ago, we had those REOPEN AMERICA protests where armed white protesters yelled and spit in the faces of cops. But when BLACK LIVES MATTER protests against police brutality and systematic racism in American government, white people hijack it for their own malicious intentions.
What the fuck does "Medicare For All" has to do with systematic racism?
What does looting from a GameStop has to do with police brutality?
What does graffiti has to do with do with the plight of Black America?
Donald J. Trump is seeking reelection. Joe Biden is clinching the Democratic nomination.
Both of these men have slipped into the cesspool with rhetoric. Trump had said, "When the looting starts, the shooting starts." He called protesters, THUGS and was hoping that the U.S. Secret Service released the dogs on protesters near the White House.
Biden went to The Breakfast Club a week ago and said to Charlemagne Tha God and said that Black's who don't support his presidential campaign, "You ain't Black." Biden apologized and vowed to do better when it comes to dealing with wordplay. The Trump campaign spent a week trying to agitate the junk food media into covering the comments.
Biden has also dealt with a woman called Tara Reade. The allegations of Tara Reade have fell through yet the Republicans and disgruntled Bernie Sanders supporters continue to push this crap.
Trump has labeled Antifa a terrorist group. Antifa hasn't plotted bombings of synagogues, mosque and historically Black churches. Antifa hasn't planned an armed revolution against white people.
White instigators are ruining the protests for George Floyd.
The Proud Boys (along with the Boogaloo Boys), The Base, 3 Percenters, QAnon are white nationalists. Trump never declared them a terrorist group.
White people are still calling the law on innocent Black people.
We're now calling them Karens and Kevins.
Blogger is going to change soon. They're going to use a new interface where it's supposed to be easier for those on mobile. We'll see how it goes. I tried it and I don't like it.
But that's my opinion.
We are going into the three months of uncertainty. The Supreme Court will rule on some major decisions that will impact the country. Trump and Biden will eventually start live campaigning.
Biden will pick his running mate and it will be either praised or scrutinized.
The Democrats are considering a virtual convention.
The Republicans still want a live convention in Charlotte.
There were wildfires in Australia that destroyed millions of animals. Some of those animals are endangered and vulnerable to diseases.
Far-right ops are trying to cause chaos going into the summer.
We lost Kobe Bryant, Little Richard, Jerry Stiller, Pop Smoke, Betty Davis, Kirk Douglas, Kenny Rogers, Earl Graves, Sr. and Fred Willard. They left an impact on your life through entertainment, activism and history.
We are expected to see more major celebrities pass away this year.
I don't mourn the loss of life anymore. I just say that they'll be missed.
That includes other entertainers, politicians, athletes and people in the news. Some we've covered and some weren't. I will be honest with you with the coronavirus cases and gun violence on the rise, I couldn't get many of the names mentioned.
I've been lazy these last few weeks. I am uncertain about my work status right now. The Ohio governor Mike DeWine hasn't opened up specific business yet due to the possibility of spreading COVID-19. I work at business that has more than 100 people and can have thousands of people entering and exiting the facility.
Like many on furlough and unemployment, there's times where you fear that you may fall through on paying rent, health insurance, hospital bills and feeding your family.
With Trump continuing to be divisive, there's no chance we're ever going to be "stronger together."
I will continue to fulfill my promise to keep you informed about the latest issues in politics, culture and our community.
Donald J. Trump called Neo-Nazis and members of the Klan, "very fine people."
When it comes to Black outrage and protests in the United States, he considered Black protesters a "bunch of thugs." He even envisioned the Secret Service using dogs on protesters.
80% of the RIOTERS in Minneapolis last night were from OUT OF STATE. They are harming businesses (especially African American small businesses), homes, and the community of good, hardworking Minneapolis residents who want peace, equality, and to provide for their families.
Much more “disinformation” coming out of CNN, MSDNC, @nytimes and @washingtonpost, by far, than coming out of any foreign country, even combined. Fake News is the Enemy of the People!
Crossing State lines to incite violence is a FEDERAL CRIME! Liberal Governors and Mayors must get MUCH tougher or the Federal Government will step in and do what has to be done, and that includes using the unlimited power of our Military and many arrests. Thank you!
Notorious agent provocateurs are infiltrating the George Floyd protests across the country. Some are members of Antifa. Some are injecting Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) into the debate. Others are members of the far-right. Some have reported that cops are masquerading as protesters. They're causing vandalism, arson and looting to pin the blame squarely on Black Lives Matter.
Mugshot of the ex-cop who murdered George Floyd.
The known agent provocateurs are:
James O'Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas, a far-right "investigative" organization that deliberately edits videos of progressives, activists and politicians for click-bait. O'Keefe is known as the "ACORN Pimp."
Scott Pressler, a gay activist who has the "Gays for Trump" movement. He is notorious for spreading falsehoods and a prominent anti-Muslim bigot. He has been known to pay agitators to cause trouble.
Joey Saladino, a YouTube agitator who once tried to run for office. He is known as Joey Salads. He is known for racial pranks and starting riots for click-bait.
Kaitlin Bennett, the founder of Liberty Hangout. She was the infamous woman who posed on the campus of Kent University with a firearm. She is often trying to interview protesters and paint them in a negative light.
Jacob Wohl is an American far-right conspiracy theorist, fraudster, and internet troll. Wohl is known for his involvement with lobbyist and conspiracy theorist Jack Burkman in multiple plots that target politicians, entertainers and people in the news.
Protesters destroy an Atlanta Police cruiser.
Alex Jones is the founder of InfoWars, PrisonPlanet and MindWars. He is a far-right conspiracy theorist, right wing provocateur, shyster and instigator. He will be inciting rioting and looting for click bait.
Laura Loomer is a controversial alt-right agitator who was banned from most social media platforms. She is running for Congress as a Republican in Florida. She has been known for pulling pranks and throwing tantrums at politicians for ignoring her bullshit.
White guy tried to start trouble.
Cornel West is a former professor and socialist agitator. He is an African American lecturette who supports Sanders. He was a former supporter of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. West is considered an insufferable asshole when called out on his former statements.
Charlie Kirk is the founder of Turning Point USA. TPUSA's affiliated organizations include Turning Point News, the Turning Point Endowment, Turning Point Action, and Students for Trump. TPUSA's mission is to identify, educate, train and organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets and limited government. Since 2016, Turning Point USA has maintained a Professor Watchlist, which lists college professors who, it alleges, discriminate against conservative students and advance what it considers to be left-wing propaganda in the classroom. The organization has also secretly attempted to influence student government elections in an effort to "combat liberalism on college and university campuses." In December 2017, former employees of the organization accused it of engaging in racist practices, as well as potentially illegal involvement in the 2016 presidential election. The Anti-Defamation League refers to TPUSA as an "alt-lite" organization. CBS News has described the organization as a far-right organization that is "shunned or at least ignored by more established conservative groups in Washington, but embraced by many Trump supporters".
Andy Ngô is an American conservative social media personality and journalist best known for covering street protests in Portland, Oregon. He is editor at large of The Post Millennial, a Canadian conservative news website.
White guy who tried to start trouble got his car destroyed and a trip to the hospital. He tried to use a crossbow on protesters.
Colin Flaherty is a white nationalist who wrote the book, White Girl Bleed A Lot. He devotes his life to covering Black on whatever violence. He has ties to the extremist group VDare. He is the guy who brought up the "knockout game." This controversial theme is some random idiot punching a person they don't know to prove manhood. It's been practiced on social media by young Black kids. Flaherty's videos on YouTube are often yanked because of the content.
Violent protest have occurred across the country. The city leaders are imposing mandated curfews to keep agitators from destroying property and harming others.
In Columbus, Ohio, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) was hit with tear gas. The downtown protests got out of control and the Columbus Metropolitan Police fired tear gas a reporters and the lawmaker.
A man from Utah got served a hot plate. He was taunting the protesters with "All Lives Matter" and then tried to use a crossbow to attack protesters. The protesters served a hot plate and destroyed his vehicle.
Many of the agitators are from out of the cities. They're there to cause chaos and pin the blame on Black Lives Matter.
Twitter flagged Trump's remarks on Minneapolis unrest.
Many of the agitators starting fires and looting in Minneapolis-St. Paul are from outside the area.
Minnesota's governor Tim Walz echoed this sentiment in a press conference on Saturday alleging that the demonstrations that caused so much damage included provocateurs, likely from outside the area. State officials said around 80 percent of those arrested in the Twin Cities on Friday were from outside Minnesota. Former FBI agent and CNN commentator, Josh Campbell wrote, that Minnesota “authorities have been monitoring alleged criminals online, including postings by suspected white supremacists trying to incite violence.”
Before the rioting started in Washington DC, Brooklyn, Denver, Atlanta, and other cities, allegations emerged that undercover police officers might be to blame for some of the worst commercial destruction in Minneapolis. Experts on political violence (and not just QAnon conspiracy theorists) shared stories on social media that the May 27 looting and arson at AutoZone by an unidentified man in a gas mask carrying an open umbrella (dubbed #umbrellaman) was not necessarily a protester but could be an agent provocateur or member of the police. In video posted to YouTube, while this man smashed windows with a hammer, protesters at the scene accused him of being an outsider and began to film him.
— 🇯🇲Black🇭🇹Aziz🇳🇬aNANsi🇹🇹 (@Freeyourmindkid) May 30, 2020
This dude just tried to kill people. And the news is casually interviewing him. And several people jumped him, but he made sure to say it was two Black dudes who beat him up pic.twitter.com/Gtj40Ry5EF
HOLY SHIT. The cop who started the vandalizing was outted by people who know him. His name is Jacob Pederson of the St. Paul PD. pic.twitter.com/vgw8EqKz5j
A group of white people showed up in Oakland armed with hammers and started destroying shit as people of color looked on confused and asked why they're tearing shit up. pic.twitter.com/wSqROVkV2B
3/Everywhere you look, white entitled privilege was cosplaying as violent resistance, then as always, leaving us to deal with the resulting violence and deaths.
They don't have fathers or mothers in their lives and it results in them committing criminal acts.
Look at his history with police....
Blah, blah, blah....
Moments of silence, street memorials, naming of public places, saying "Your heart goes out to...," lowering of flags and hashtags are platitudes. They are a huge waste of time. It's a man-made crisis created by a lazy ass government.
Don't you just want to scream!?
Scream in the faces of these damn lawmakers whenever they offer their "thoughts and prayers" to every fucking mass shooting or a person of color being killed by law enforcement in the United States. They will offer their condolences and say a word vomit how they sympathize with the deceased. Some here will tell us that "now isn't the time to talk."
We will talk about this for a few days and then we're off to another controversy. The next controversy would either be something done by Trump, a politician, an entertainer or we will see more issues like this.
I repeat myself over and over again! I use the same old copy and paste. I hear the same trolls saying that there's nothing we can do. I keep hearing "concern" trolls telling us that it's their own fault for their own deaths.
FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP! I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS NO GOD! GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS! We haven't forgotten about the many mass shootings in the United States. COVID-19 doesn't stop individuals from picking up firearms and killing others. It doesn't stop dirty cops from killing unarmed people of color. It doesn't stop Trump from putting his foot in his goddamn mouth.
We have 115,000 Americans killed from the coronavirus.
We have 45 million Americans out of jobs.
We have global uncertainty. Trump has already ruined his "wonderful" trade deal with China.
We will likely heading towards a depression, racial unrest and a global pandemic that will kill 1 million by the fall.
The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Are white people with malice causing chaos as a cover to inflict Black Lives Matter?
Please note there will be trolls who pick the most dumbest answers.
Some will face criminal charges from vandalism, grand theft, destruction of public property, assault on a peace officer, felonious assault, violating state or city ordered curfew, misdemeanor impeding traffic and threatening public officials.
You are warned, do not use the services of (Jeffery) Shaun King. Please avoid this individual. He doesn't represent Black Lives Matter in anyway.
Leftist agitator Van Jones blames Hillary Clinton for the tensions. He ignores Donald J. Trump's rampant attacks on people of color.
Leftist agitator on CNN blames former 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for the actions of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
Reminder: Sean "Softball" Hannity spend about 3/4th of his right wing carnival and nightly shitshow talking about Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, the Deep State, the junk food media, Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright. These are the distractions that the softball use whenever he's trying to give cover to our reality television president, Donald J. Trump.
Did you know this morning a CNN reporter was arrested by the Minnesota State Police?
Did you know that seven people were shot in Louisville, Kentucky?
Did you know they burned down a historical building in Minneapolis?
Did you know that a Detroit man was shot and killed during a protests?
Did you know a woman ran over protesters in Denver?
Did you know that Donald Trump had said protesters would face dogs and other nasty things if they've cross the barriers of the White House?
I guess that's Hillary Clinton's fault. A private citizen who has no control over what the U.S. government does.
CNN's Van Jones says that a "white liberal Hillary Clinton supporter" is a bigger threat to black people in America than a member of the Ku Klux Klan pic.twitter.com/jyqlyhjDge
I guess that's Hillary Clinton's fault. A private citizen who has no control over what the U.S. government does.
Well in the morning, Van Jones was making a claim that the woman who called 9-1-1 on a bird watcher over a leash law on "white liberal Hillary Clinton supporter."
She ain't the president. Regardless of whomever is the president, unrest happens in America.
CNN's Van Jones argued Friday during an analysis on racial tensions that a “white, liberal Hillary Clinton supporter walking her dog in Central Park” can pose a more insidious threat to African Americans than openly racist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
Jones was referring to Amy Cooper, a white woman who called the police on a black man in New York’s Central Park on Monday after he asked that she put her dog on a leash.
Film of the exchange and subsequent call to police went viral, with Cooper repeatedly referring to the man's race while falsely saying she was being threatened.
“It’s not the racist white person who is in the Ku Klux Klan that we have to worry about. It’s the white, liberal Hillary Clinton supporter walking her dog in Central Park who would tell you right now, 'Oh I don’t see race, race is no big deal to me, I see all people the same, I give to charities,’ but the minute she sees a black man who she does not respect, or who she has a slight thought against, she weaponized race like she had been trained by the Aryan Nation,” Jones said.
“A klansmember could not have been better trained to pick up her phone and tell the police it’s a black man."
“What you’re seeing now is a curtain falling away,” Jones later added. “Those of us who have been burdened by this every minute, every second of our entire lives are fragile right now. We are tired.”
Cooper was fired by her employer, Franklin Templeton, on Tuesday and has since issued an apology.
I remember Hillary Clinton telling White Americans check their privilege & Van Jones said she's dividing the party with that comment.
I said in the past, Fuck Van Jones
I say in the present, Fuck Van Jones
I will say in the future, fuck Van Jones.
He's a problematic Black man
— 👑 Black Professor 👑 (@WonderKing82) May 29, 2020
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday he believes Cooper should be investigated for making a false claim to police.
Jones's perspective comes after days of violent protests in Minneapolis following the police killing of George Floyd earlier this week.
Protests continue in the country.
At least 170 businesses in the Twin Cities have been damaged or looted, with dozens of fires set, according to local police.
The dirty cop who placed his knee on the neck of George Floyd was arrested on Friday. They have released his mugshot.
He was arrested on involuntary manslaughter, third-degree murder and tampering with evidence. He was given a hefty cash only bond and will face a judge soon.
Minnesota's Gov. Tim Walz has ordered the national guard to do maintain order in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
America is burning.
Georgia's Gov. Brian Kemp has notified Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms that the national guard will be deployed to the city to maintain order.
The White House had went into lockdown. The U.S. Secret Service reported that an agent was injured when the protesters managed to get past some of the barriers.
NBC News reports that there's been arrest made in the death of George Floyd.
Gov. Tim Walz has the Minnesota National Guard and State Police restoring order to the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. After three nights of unrest, the governor has activated a curfew and mandatory off the streets order beginning at midnight.
The unrest came after days of outrage over the death of George Floyd, a man who was restrained by Minneapolis Police. One of the four cops placed his knee on the neck of Floyd.
Floyd was caught on camera telling the cops he couldn't breathe and he needed water. The person who filmed as well as other witnesses were telling the cops that he was unconscious.
After nearly 10 minutes of being on the concrete with a knee to the neck, he was not moving. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.
The police chief Medaria Arradondo saw the video and immediately fired the four cops. The mayor of the city, Jacob Frey had condemned the cop's actions. The mayor called for the state to investigate the matter.
Today, the former Minneapolis police officer shown on video putting his knee on the neck of George Floyd was arrested on Friday, authorities said.
Derek Chauvin, who was fired on Tuesday along with three other officers involved in the detainment of Floyd, was taken into custody Friday and faces charges of 3rd-degree murder and manslaughter, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced.
Floyd pleaded "I can't breathe," as Chauvin, who is white, kneeled on Floyd's neck for around eight minutes on Monday night, in an arrest that was videotaped by bystanders. The police department initially said Floyd, who was black, "physically resisted" the officers and that he died after "suffering medical distress."
Freeman said he anticipated more charges to come, possibly against some of the other three officers.
“The investigation is ongoing," Freeman said, "We felt it was appropriate to focus on the most dangerous perpetrator. This case has moved with extraordinary speed.”
Just 24 hours earlier, Freeman had said the case still needed more investigation.
But by Friday, Freeman said enough evidence had been gathered.
"All of that has come together and we felt, in our professional judgement, it was time to charge," Freeman told reporters.
George Floyd deserved to live.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) and the FBI are both investigating Floyd’s death. The BCA arrested Chauvin at 11:44 a.m. in Minneapolis, the state agency said.
A conviction for third-degree murder could land an offender in prison for up to 25 years.
Third-degree murder means an offender did not intend to kill, but that someone died “by perpetrating an act eminently dangerous to others and evincing a depraved mind, without regard for human life.”
Freeman noted that these charges mirrored the same criminal complaint filed against former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor, in another high-profile local case involving excessive force.
Noor was convicted of third-degree murder for the July 15, 2017, slaying of Justine Ruszczyk Damond, a dual citizen of the United States and Australia.
Freeman said the prosecution of police officers, who act while on duty, are particularly difficult cases.
"This is by far the fastest we've ever charged a police officer," Freeman said. "Normally these cases can take nine months to a year."
Chauvin's arrest comes after three days of protests in the Twin Cities, with the unrest in some areas erupting into violence.
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey demands the state to prosecute the cops for this.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey had called this week for charges to be filed swiftly against the officer who pinned Floyd under his knee. "Why is the man who killed George Floyd not in jail?" Frey asked.
"If you had done it or I had done it, we would be behind bars right now.”
In the video, Floyd can be heard saying while he is pinned down, "Please, please, please, I can't breathe."
Onlookers urged the officer to get off him.
"You're stopping his breathing right now, you think that's cool?" a man says. "His nose is bleeding. Look at his nose!" says a woman.
After several minutes, Floyd went silent.
More people began to intervene and called one of the officers at the scene to check for a pulse. Chauvin remained on Floyd's neck, even as he was apparently unresponsive, before paramedics arrived and Floyd is placed on a stretcher.
Medics worked on an unresponsive Floyd in an ambulance, but could not find a pulse after several checks and administering at least one shock to him, according to a report from the Minneapolis Fire Department.
Attorney General Keith Ellison said that the state will look into criminal charges against those cops and rioters.
Security footage obtained by NBC from a nearby restaurant showed some of the events leading up to Floyd's arrest. The video captures two officers arriving at the scene around 8 p.m., removing Floyd from a car parked on the street, handcuffing and questioning him before eventually walking him across the street as another police car arrives.
Chauvin, a 19-year department veteran, was the subject of over a dozen prior police conduct complaints unrelated to Floyd that resulted in no disciplinary action and one that led to a "letter of reprimand" during his career. A longtime police training expert for the state of Minnesota told NBC News that a dozen complaints over a two-decade career would appear "a little bit higher than normal.”
The Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis said in a statement the day of the officers’ termination that it was not the time to rush to judgment and that the officers were fully cooperating with the investigation.
"We must review all video. We must wait for the medical examiner's report," the statement said.
"Officers' actions and training protocol will be carefully examined after the officers have provided their statements."
Attempts to reach the officers and their attorneys have been unsuccessful.
Floyd’s death reinvigorated a widespread conversation on police brutality and protests around the country in addition to the Twin Cities.
Gov. Tim Walz will issue a curfew for the Minneapolis-St. Paul area beginning tonight. He had ordered the national guard and state police to restore order to the region.
A good man who died for no fucking reason.
They don't have fathers or mothers in their lives and it results in them committing criminal acts.
Look at his history with police....
Blah, blah, blah....
Moments of silence, street memorials, naming of public places, saying "Your heart goes out to...," lowering of flags and hashtags are platitudes. They are a huge waste of time. It's a man-made crisis created by a lazy ass government.
Don't you just want to scream!?
Expect more protests in many communities outside of Minneapolis.
Scream in the faces of these damn lawmakers whenever they offer their "thoughts and prayers" to every fucking mass shooting or a person of color being killed by law enforcement in the United States. They will offer their condolences and say a word vomit how they sympathize with the deceased. Some here will tell us that "now isn't the time to talk."
We will talk about this for a few days and then we're off to another controversy. The next controversy would either be something done by Trump, a politician, an entertainer or we will see more issues like this.
I repeat myself over and over again! I use the same old copy and paste. I hear the same trolls saying that there's nothing we can do. I keep hearing "concern" trolls telling us that it's their own fault for their own deaths.
FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP! I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS NO GOD! GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!
We haven't forgotten about the many mass shootings in the United States. COVID-19 doesn't stop individuals from picking up firearms and killing others. It doesn't stop dirty cops from killing unarmed people of color. It doesn't stop Trump from putting his foot in his goddamn mouth.
We have 115,000 Americans killed from the coronavirus.
We have 45 million Americans out of jobs.
We have global uncertainty. Trump has already ruined his "wonderful" trade deal with China.
We will likely heading towards a depression, racial unrest and a global pandemic that will kill 1 million by the fall.
The third degree murder charges are basically a willingful ignorance of actions. He basically failed to render aid, he deliberately injured a man through physical violence, he disgraced the uniform by not assisting a medical emergency of a suspect. The actions by the suspect caused harm (without intent to cause death, proximately caus[ing] the death of a human being by, directly or indirectly).
The suspect could face up to 20 years in the iron college for the actions.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
You are warned, do not use the services of (Jeffery) Shaun King. Please avoid this individual. He doesn't represent Black Lives Matter in anyway.
Trump inflames tensions with Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Twitter flagged and shielded Donald J. Trump and The White House's official profiles for inciting violence in a tweet. This comes fresh after Trump signed an executive order calling for the U.S. government to hold social media companies accountable for content.
Only last Friday, the Trump Presidential Reelection Campaign was trashing Democratic candidate Joe Biden for his remarks from The Breakfast Club.
As President of the United States, his job is to be an orator and comforter of the people.
He said he's a "Bull in a china shop."
Proof positive when he tweet early morning that he believes the protesters who are looting and vandalizing property are thugs and he made a dog whistle remark towards it.
Racist tweet got flagged by Twitter.
Trump took aim at Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey and Minnesota governor Tim Walz over their handling of the unrest in the state.
It started from a Monday video of a dirty cop placing his knee on the neck of George Floyd. The four cop were fired out the cannon and the U.S. Justice Department and FBI will work with the Minnesota Bureau of Apprehension to determine if the cops deserve criminal charges. They hadn't made a decision as of yet. That sparked another night of protests in the city as well as neighboring St. Paul.
I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right.....
I can’t stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right.....
Trump's remarks were widely condemned. He was instigating violence force against a handful of protesters.
Twitter called the comments a violation of the its terms of service.
The tweet was quickly flagged by Twitter as "glorifying violence."
It's gone so far as to catch the biggest pop singer in the world.
Taylor Swift was really annoyed with the antics of Trump. She basically took it to him.
After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? ‘When the looting starts the shooting starts’??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump
The president's language got more aggressive as violence boiled over in Minneapolis Thursday night.
"These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won't let that happen," he tweeted. "Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!"
Twitter quickly tagged the post, saying, "This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public's interest for the Tweet to remain accessible." It still is.
George Floyd's brother Roy has now taken over as spokesperson for the family.
On Friday morning, the White House Twitter account retweeted it. Twitter added the same tag to that one, too.
Trump's tweet and reaction from Twitter came after he signed an executive order Thursday taking aim at the legal shield that protects social media companies from liability for content posted by users on their platforms. That happened after a first-ever fact check by Twitter on his tweets this week.
The quote Trump tweeted — "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" — was said by former Miami Police Chief Walter Headley during a December 1967 news conference, according to The Washington Post.
Businesses were vandalized, looted and burned to the ground.
Miami had a long history of aggressive policing. The Post said that quote was cited by a national commission as a contributing factor in rioting that broke out in the mostly black Liberty City section of Miami in August 1968.
An accompanying tweet from Trump sharply criticized Frey: "I can't stand back & watch this happen to a great American City, Minneapolis. A total lack of leadership. Either the very weak Radical Left Mayor, Jacob Frey, get his act together and bring the City under control, or I will send in the National Guard & get the job done right....."
Walz had order the National Guard and Minnesota State Police to restore order to the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The community so far is doing a costly clean up after two nights of unrest.
At an overnight news conference, Frey didn't appear to be aware of the Trump tweets. He asked reporters to read them to him. As they did, he shook his head.
Then he said, the anger clearly audible in his voice, "Weakness is refusing to take responsibility for your own actions. Weakness is pointing your finger at somebody else during a time of crisis. Donald Trump knows nothing about the strength of Minneapolis. We are strong as hell. Is this a difficult time period? Yes. But you'd better be damned sure that we're gonna get through this."
The Drudge Report relishes on racial unrest. It's the best click bait. Donald J. Trump is trying to calm a nation already fed up with his antics as well as the status quo.
A big situation in the Twin Cities has Donald J. Trump, Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey, St. Paul mayor Melvin Carter and Democratic candidate Joe Biden in a fix.
Trump is getting hammered for his handling of a global COVID-19 crisis. Now he has to figure out a way ease tension in the country he inflame himself. The Black community over police officers getting away with murder.
Trump's tone deaf reactions are in his comments.
His old comments back some years ago are coming back to haunt him.
"Please, don't be too nice," Trump said to the a national patrolman's union.
Police across the Twin Cities are being overworked. They are trying to curb violent protests that sparked from the death of George Floyd. A dirty cop sparked a flame.
"Now, we're getting them [criminals] out anyway, but we'd like to get them out a lot faster, and when you see these towns and when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see them thrown in, rough, I said, please don't be too nice. Like when you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over, like, don't hit their head and they've just killed somebody. Don't hit their head. I said, you can take the hand away, okay?"
Trump has said that the U.S. Justice Department and FBI will investigate the matter. His words are going to fall on deaf ears. He was the guy who criticized Colin Kaepernick kneeling.
Kaepernick responded to the unrest.
When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction.
The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance.
Democratic governor Tim Walz has to figure out how the state could go after the cop who pressed his knee on the neck of George Floyd, a Black man who was accused of passing off a counterfeit bill at a local store.
At first the protests were peaceful. Outside agitators started looting and vandalizing buildings. Soon arsonists started burning them down. Some outside agitators are white extremists or members of antifa.
State prosecutors have hinted that the dirty cop could escape criminal charges. The prosecutors have said the incident is being thoroughly investigated. What angered protesters is the fact that indictments and convictions are rare with the police.
With the evidence clearly showing the dirty cop on the neck of Floyd, folks said if it was a civilian, they would have been arrested.
Frey and Carter have to make sure that the police are prepared for more unrest. The previous nights saw Minneapolis citizens vandalizing and looting from businesses. Arsonists are setting fires to buildings. There are ops trying to instigate protesters into violence to share on far-right websites.
George Floyd came from Texas to live in Minnesota. His unfortunate death sparked discussions about how police treat people of color when it comes to minor offenses.
When cops used the pepper spray, rubber bullets and tear gas, that set off the protesters to riot in the communities.
Demonstrations and protests that began after the death of Floyd were initially peaceful, but windows were smashed at a police precinct, an AutoZone store and a Wendy's were set on fire, and stores were looted and damaged in the surrounding areas, including a Target and Dollar Tree. Law enforcement responded by shooting tear gas and firing rubber bullets into the crowds. Floyd's death has been compared to the 2014 death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who repeated "I can't breathe" eleven times after being placed in a choke hold by a police officer during an arrest.
Biden's remarks "You Ain't Black" are going to be exploited by the far-right. He apologized quickly, but the agitators willing to distract from Trump's failures are willing to toss "red meat" to the base.
Dirty cop is lawyering up.
Biden is considering picking a female running mate. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is one of them.
She is facing strong backlash for her handling of many cases involving cops. She was then Attorney General of Minnesota. She had been fairly easy on cops who shot and killed unarmed suspects.
Black activists warning Biden to avoid picking a candidate like Klobuchar and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).
The dirty cop, Derek Chauvin was not charged in a previous shooting of an unarmed man. The man talked to The Daily Beast about the encounter. Ira Latrell Toles said that cop responded to a domestic dispute at his home.
Toles admit he was upset with the mother of his child. The dirty cop had confronted Toles and shot him into the stomach. Now has a hole in his buttock and stomach thanks to that bullet wound.
Toles was convicted on misdemeanor charges. He said that the county lockup didn't give him medication for the wound and he was suffering from fatigue due to pain.
That dirty cop didn't get charged with a crime. He went back to the streets. This incident got him fired. Now he's hired the lawyer who helped the Falcon Heights cop Jeronimo Yanez beat a murder charge. He was the dirty cop who shot Philando Castile in 2015.
The family of George Floyd want the Minneapolis cops to be tried for murder.
The tokens are on the coon train. Black fascists Candace Owens and Terrence K. Williams have already slammed the mayor and governor for the outrage. The far-right brought up their old punching bag. They already have dug up George Soros as one of the reasons to why antifa is protesting with Black Lives Matter.
Owens had compared the riots to chimpanzees.
The black community is playing checkers while the mainstream media is playing chess.
Our youth will be imprisoned.
Our neighborhoods will be destroyed.
Our inability to think through emotional tragedies is our biggest curse, and the Democrat Party’s biggest blessing. pic.twitter.com/ncPAPq5Ajj
Turd flipper Michelle Malkin also is instigating and trolling the situation. Malkin, a Filipino fascist and Andy Ngo, a gay Asian fascists discuss the unrest in Minneapolis.
"This is a very big challenge not just for Big Tech, but for all of us: How do we move forward w/navigating what is objective truth vs. lies--& lies that have deadly consequences?" - @mrandyngo on riot-inducing social media disinformation campaigns. #MalkinLivepic.twitter.com/Kx9Sd5orI3
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison warned Ngo, James O'Keefe, Scott Pressler, Joey Saladino, Jacob Wohl and Laura Loomer to not start trouble in the state. The Attorney General said that there are folks deliberately causing criminal acts and pinning it on Black protesters. A video circulated online showing a white man breaking glass on businesses.
White woman in a wheelchair tried to stab looters and they hit her with the fire extinguisher.
The public gets to look at the police body camera of the incident and another video that circulated showing a different angle of how four officers confronted Floyd.
Here's leftist hotep Tariq Nasheed commenting on the Minneapolis unrest.
Officials in #Minneapolis would rather set in motion hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to the city....
instead of arresting a low life degenerate killer who worked for the city.
White city officials are willing to destroy their own city, just to protect a race soldier? pic.twitter.com/umVsK6QrST
People on the ground in #Minnesota are saying there are a lot of white undercover cops doing a lot of the vandalizing and arson out there. But all of it gets blamed on Black people. They caught this guy red handed with a hammer in his hand pic.twitter.com/kr0D9bOVxL
There's a video of a white woman who tried to stop looters. She stabbed one of them and was hit with a fire extinguisher.
A white guy breaking windows at the AutoZone before the fire.
Frey had took an opportunity to address the frustration.
He said point blank: "He'd be alive if he was white."
Frey and Carter have requested the governor to activate the National Guard to disperse the crowds.
After protests over the death of George Floyd turned violent in Minneapolis Wednesday evening, businesses were burned and looted throughout the night.
Wendy's was burned to the ground.
Thursday afternoon, groups turned their attention to the Midway area of St. Paul. Police say groups of younger people were attempting to steal from the Target store in that location and other businesses.
St. Paul Police Chief Todd Axtell says those groups are moving up and down University Avenue using vehicles with removed license plates look to cause mayhem.
Officers lined up to prevent individuals from entering the Midway Target. The crowd responded by launching rocks, bottles, and even shopping carts at officers and their squad vehicles.
The junk food media has came to the city to cover the unrest. They're being drowned out by protesters and called frauds. There's been protests in other cities. Los Angeles, Kansas City, Columbus, Denver, St. Louis, New York and Seattle had protests
Riots tonight in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Think about George Floyd's message to the Black community.
Video of George Floyd speaking out against the black youth shooting each other before his murder. Don’t accuse us of not caring about black on black crime or gang violence. pic.twitter.com/lQRhVMTDLr
They don't have fathers or mothers in their lives and it results in them committing criminal acts.
Look at his history with police....
Blah, blah, blah....
Moments of silence, street memorials, naming of public places, saying "Your heart goes out to...," lowering of flags and hashtags are platitudes. They are a huge waste of time. It's a man-made crisis created by a lazy ass government.
Don't you just want to scream!?
Scream in the faces of these damn lawmakers whenever they offer their "thoughts and prayers" to every fucking mass shooting in the United States. They will offer their condolences and say a word vomit how they sympathize with the deceased. Some here will tell us that "now isn't the time to talk."
We will talk about this for a few days and then we're off to another controversy. The next controversy would either be something done by Trump, a politician, an entertainer or we will see more issues like this.
I repeat myself over and over again! I use the same old copy and paste. I hear the same trolls saying that there's nothing we can do. I keep hearing "concern" trolls telling us that it's their own fault for their own deaths.
FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP! I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE IS NO GOD! GOD IS NOT FIXING THIS!
Their lives mattered. But to the far-right, property damage is more concerning.
We haven't forgotten about the many mass shootings in the United States. COVID-19 doesn't stop individuals from picking up firearms and killing others.
If a grand jury decides to prosecute the cop involved in the death of George Floyd, he will be criminally charged with involuntary manslaughter and it carries at least 20 years in the iron college.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
You are warned, do not use the services of (Jeffery) Shaun King. Please avoid this individual. He doesn't represent Black Lives Matter in anyway.
