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kpete's JournalElizabeth Warren joins the crowd at the WH fence.
Just interviewed @ewarren who came down to see the protest outside the White House- she’s getting cheers. She told me she came here because she had an obligation to bear witness to this moment
https://twitter.com/AmyEGardner/status/1267948115073667073?s=20
https://twitter.com/ElizLanders/status/1267946536496967688?s=20
https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1267950594163081216?s=20
Joe Biden expected to attend George Floyd funeral, family lawyer says
Former vice president Joe Biden is expected to attend the funeral next week of George Floyd, the black man who died at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, a lawyer for Floyd’s family said Tuesday.
The lawyer, Ben Crump, said Floyd’s family will hold the funeral in Houston, Texas, on June 9, after holding memorial services in Minneapolis on Thursday, and another memorial in North Carolina on Saturday.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/02/joe-biden-will-attend-george-floyd-funeral-lawyer-says.html
NYPD officers overheard on police scanner: "Run them over. Shoot those motherfuckers."
NYPD officers overheard on police scanner threatening violence against protesters. A person called in to describe the scene, and someone responded, "Run them over. Shoot those motherfuckers."
Right after, someone said, "Don't put that over the air."
HERE IS AUDIO:
https://twitter.com/GwynneFitz/status/1267876164435091458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1267876164435091458&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fgothamist.com%2Fnews%2Flive-protest-updates-after-another-night-looting-cuomo-tells-de-blasio-nypd-do-your-job
https://twitter.com/sonam_sheth/status/1267894373347459072?s=20
Trump caught in shameful lie: "they used no tear gas."
Trump camp released a statement on Biden's speech claiming he "repeated the erroneous claim that protestors in Lafayette Park were tear gassed last night to clear a path for Pres. Trump, when Park Police says they used no tear gas."
Our @GarrettHaake was there. Read his account.
Hey Neal. I was there. Tear gas was definitely used, and park police can’t 🤷🏼?♂️ that. And there was no object-throwing before the mounted park police moved in. Don’t want to tell you how to do your job, but using a background source to deny observable fact seems like a bad call.
This was from tear gas. A block from the church.
https://twitter.com/erinschaff/status/1267833844205527042?s=20
https://twitter.com/albamonica/status/1267842987817611268?s=20
https://twitter.com/JustSchmeltzer/status/1267844871668109313?s=20
Pelosi asked about Trump's Bible photo op last night. She grabs her own bible and is now reading it.
https://twitter.com/heatherscope/status/1267823160482643970?s=20Here is what the world sees under your "Law & Order" regime
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https://twitter.com/richardgrant88/status/1267523353289474048?s=20
From San Diego A Firsthand Account:
Chris Mason
Yesterday at 12:42 AM · Public
I was at the protests in downtown San Diego tonight. This is what I saw with my own eyes:
A peaceful protest at Waterfront Park in front of the County Administration building. Protesters had signs and candles. They were signing, chanting, and giving speeches.
At one point a sherif’s helicopter announced that the protester was unlawful and that we’d all be arrested if we stayed. About ten minutes later the police started firing tear gas into the peaceful crowd from the roof of the building.
At this point protesters took to the street. Why the cops would rather have protesters roaming around downtown rather than peacefully gathered in a park is something I cannot understand.
We marched through the streets of downtown for hours. It was a nonviolent, peaceful protest. Somewhere along the way four white men who were all dressed the same and all carrying the same black bats inserted themselves into the march and started hitting street signs and broke a few windows. I saw them loot from CVS as well. Actual protesters were demanding that they stop. Some protesters threw water bottles at them and some actually tried to fight them.
For the rest of the march I saw protesters standing in front of the windows of businesses to protect them from these 4 men. I can confirm from what I saw with my own eyes that the protest that took place in downtown San Diego tonight was peaceful and that protesters even put themselves in harms way to stop the 4 white men who were trying to cause damage.
People are pissed. People are hurt. Why the police didn’t let us gather to peaceable protest and share those feelings is beyond me. The police firing tear gas into a peaceful crowd is what started the march through the streets. There was no reason to do that. Let people gather and let their voices be heard. What I saw tonight was police being aggressive and starting violence by firing tear gas into a peaceful crowd.
You can watch the 2 hour and 20 minute live feed that I posted to confirm what I stated about the march. I started the video right after the police fired the tear gas into the crowd.
https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherMichaelMason/posts/10164131842430724
https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherMichaelMason/videos/10164137225140724/
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KRUGMAN: US politics over past 4 decades - Wealthy elites weaponized racism to gain political power
Trump Takes Us to the Brink
Will weaponized racism destroy America?
By Paul Krugman
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that America as we know it is on the brink.
How did we get here? The core story of U.S. politics over the past four decades is that wealthy elites weaponized white racism to gain political power, which they used to pursue policies that enriched the already wealthy at workers’ expense.
Until Trump’s rise it was possible — barely — for people to deny this reality with a straight face. At this point, however, it requires willful blindness not to see what’s going on.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/opinion/trump-george-floyd-police-brutality.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
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