Donald Trump denounced the protests as “acts of internal terror”.
Washington, United States:
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was deploying thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers and police to prevent further protests in Washington, where buildings and monuments have been vandalized near the White House.
“What happened in the city last night was a complete disgrace,” he said in a nationwide speech as tear gas exploded and the crowd protested in the nearby streets. .
“I am sending thousands and thousands of heavily armed soldiers, soldiers and law enforcement officials to stop the riots, looting, vandalism, assault and the gratuitous destruction of property.”
He denounced “acts of internal terror” after nationwide protests against the death of unarmed African American George Floyd in police custody turned into days of violent racial riots across the country .
“I want the organizers of this terror to know that you will face heavy criminal penalties and long prison terms,” said Trump when police could be heard using tear gas and stun grenades to just evacuate protesters. outside the White House.
He also called on state governors to “deploy the National Guard enough to dominate the streets” before walking to a photo opportunity at St. John’s, a two-century-old presidents’ church. opposite the White House.
A week after Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, an autopsy attributed his death on videotape to a white cop who pinned him by the back of the neck with his knee for nearly nine minutes while Floyd pleaded: breathe!
“The evidence is consistent with mechanical asphyxiation as the cause of death and homicide as the mode of death,” Aleccia Wilson, a University of Michigan expert who examined her body at the press conference, said. family asks.
Troubles have been most widespread in the United States since 1968, when cities ignited following the massacre of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and brought back memories of the 1992 Los Angeles riots after police was acquitted of heavy beatings. of the black motorist Rodney King.
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