Update 6.30am London time:
JUST IN | A Minneapolis police precinct was on fire on the third night of protests over the police killing of George Floyd.https://t.co/CPWpCJQzz1
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) May 29, 2020
“For all those people that are hearing that the National Guard has been activated…that is not happening right now,” @AliVelshi reports from protests in Minneapolis. “No authority whatsoever has control over this area. The people have control over this area.” pic.twitter.com/OIvzCjDUIw
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 29, 2020
Step 1: Insult the mayor of the city in crisis.
Step 2: Threaten to send in the National Guard and shoot the protestors.
Step 3: ??? pic.twitter.com/uYelNZcWnI— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) May 29, 2020
The Helpful Fellow has logged on. https://t.co/iDbnaSk5lF
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 29, 2020
“When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” is a threat coined by Miami Police Chief Walter Headley, who promised violent reprisals on black protesters in 1967. He also said: “We don’t mind being accused of police brutality. They haven’t seen anything yet.” https://t.co/inm7T4N804 pic.twitter.com/yfYY59Xfel
— Todd Zwillich (@toddzwillich) May 29, 2020
'A STATE OF AGONY' leads the front page of Friday's @StarTribune as Minneapolis' 3rd precinct is on fire. pic.twitter.com/AE1ZfuTZgU
— Greg Mees (@mees_greg) May 29, 2020
‘There’s Always a Tweet,’ Minneapolis edition: pic.twitter.com/TyWRoKrkui
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) May 29, 2020
Meanwhile…
BREAKING: Louisville police confirm at least seven people shot tonight during protests over Breonna Taylor's death.https://t.co/ZVIYvm6Mqz
— Tessa Duvall 📰 (@TessaDuvall) May 29, 2020
The State Capitol in Denver was put on lockdown after someone fired a gun near a peaceful demonstration, and protests in Columbus, Ohio, turned chaotic as crowds surged up the steps of the State Capitol and broke windows, videos showed https://t.co/YwRpaIFCu3
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 29, 2020
https://twitter.com/MrHarrySangh/status/1266237631693598722
Earlier: Protests intensify over death of black man at hands of Minneapolis police
BREAKING: Minnesota governor activates National Guard after two nights protests that followed the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody. https://t.co/on4lX1qN41
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 28, 2020
Protests erupted in Minneapolis for second night over the death of 46-year-old George Floyd, which many saw as the latest example of police brutality against African-American men https://t.co/I8RtKR3iol pic.twitter.com/dCXefOUJpP
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 28, 2020
Buses, light rail suspended by Twin Cities area’s main public transport operator over safety concerns https://t.co/35ybMGrvWF
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 28, 2020
Surveillance video from outside a Minneapolis restaurant appears to contradict police claims that George Floyd resisted arrest before an officer knelt on his neck https://t.co/jJbtVEy2ML
— CNN International (@cnni) May 28, 2020
Video shows a suspicious white man breaking windows at the Minneapolis Auto Zone and then walking away from the scene. This looks like an effort to instigate trouble in order to blame the protesters for the consequences.
🎥 Matthew Giddingshttps://t.co/T7oVM1MuCE pic.twitter.com/jafqL1egeM
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 28, 2020
Vice president of Minneapolis City Council Andrea Jenkins calls on her colleagues to declare racism a public health issue following the death of George Floyd, who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes pic.twitter.com/vhKMc2xcwI
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 28, 2020
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the protests over the death of George Floyd are the result of built-up ‘anger and sadness that has been ingrained in our black community not just because of five minutes of horror but 400 years’ https://t.co/vcnpnPxHji pic.twitter.com/SVWmf8mRKX
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 28, 2020
The police officer seen in a video with his knee on George Floyd's neck was involved in 18 complaints prior to being fired, according to records released by the city. https://t.co/FjDlai4rGq
— ABC News (@ABC) May 28, 2020
Amy Klobuchar was a prosecutor in Minneapolis for 8 yrs
122 police misconduct incidents
29 killings by police
$4.8 million paid out in settlements0 prosecutions pic.twitter.com/NpnbTJmrF4
— Chuck (Taylor's Version) (@Jamie_Maz) May 28, 2020
NEW: Minnesota prosecutor says video showing George Floyd's death is "terrible" but says there's "other evidence that does not support a criminal charge" pic.twitter.com/X3hzxQJtfe
— BNO News (@BNONews) May 28, 2020
Crowds of people in Union Square, NY RALLY for #GeorgeFloyd chanting, "No justice, no peace!" (Lots of masks 😷😷)pic.twitter.com/KMHBukf5aZ
— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) May 28, 2020
Demonstrators burn the American flag in downtown Los Angeles to protest death of George Floyd https://t.co/yjtVAZKa30 pic.twitter.com/bRykaC0S0n
— The Hill (@thehill) May 28, 2020
If Trump is so upset, there are a lot of things he could do about it, including not having a whole campaign strategy based on voter suppression and all of its historical echoes. https://t.co/k3MCzseIsX
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) May 28, 2020
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ELSEWHERE IN BIZARRO TRUMPWORLD
This is dumb. decision that will backfire & will cause significant harm to US tech industry. In response, ALL tech companies should immediately block ALL PAC & campaign ads “Trump Signs Executive Order on Social Media, Claiming to Protect ‘Free Speech’” https://t.co/g6ohODlddh
— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) May 28, 2020
Trump’s addicted to Twitter and "revels in mainlining his thoughts into the American conversation and absorbing all the responses back into his own bloodstream. Twitter is Trump’s drug of choice, and addicts don’t break their habits so easily." https://t.co/5KUbtiHWFI
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 28, 2020
President Trump’s Executive Order on Online Censorhsip is welcome news!
I look forward to receiving the Administration’s petition for rulemaking and taking action.
My statement: pic.twitter.com/5697ih7Xod
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) May 28, 2020
Without Facebook, Trump would never have won in 2016, and he knows he needs it now more than ever and Zuckerberg knows he needs it, so I'm pretty sure this tantrum is 99% just the distraction of the day. https://t.co/APpmjZlYl8
— Schooley (@Rschooley) May 28, 2020
The reality is that if you or I tweeted half the stuff Trump has we’d be booted from the platform permanently.
But Twitter fact checks Trump ONE TIME and he loses his shit and abuses the power of his office to retaliate against them.
Will twitter have the balls to do it again? pic.twitter.com/g6v7Aqukbv
— Bryan 🇺🇸for🇺🇦 (@swimmerbr78) May 28, 2020
Headline of the day. pic.twitter.com/AaWmQoZvFa
— Nick de Semlyen (@NickdeSemlyen) May 28, 2020
Our Counterpoint Twitter account was suspended today .As were the entire collection of editorial cartoons. #TwitterCrush #twitter #TrumpMeltdown pic.twitter.com/cwwi97mVoT
— Michael de Adder (@deAdder) May 28, 2020
https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1266131403323830272
Trump Retweets Video Claiming ‘The Only Good Democrat Is A Dead Democrat’ https://t.co/wPT4Jjz6Tv
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 28, 2020
Wow, listen to Fox News DESTROY this presidential candidate. pic.twitter.com/Yodlb3l15m
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 28, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
6 months is just long enough for Cummings to install his ARPA fantasy of a privatised tech state and — of course — deliver a no deal Brexit to any disaster capitalist hedge fund backers. https://t.co/vw9zlUlRxP
— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) May 28, 2020
Cummings reportedly wants to "get Brexit done" on his own terms, before quitting at his own convenience and to his own satisfaction. If you're still believing that "Take Back Control" shite, you're the reason scam emails about releasing dead people's fortunes exist.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) May 28, 2020
Dominic Cummings saga leaves cracked relationship between PM and party https://t.co/JP1bqVAzNc
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) May 28, 2020
Take away line: if Johnson cannot function without Cummings, he is unfit to be prime minister. https://t.co/UqQCvRamuj
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) May 28, 2020
Boris Johnson sacrifices top scientists on altar of Classic Dom | John Crace https://t.co/iyKHKVsztg
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) May 28, 2020
Attorney general who backed Dominic Cummings urged to resign after police findings https://t.co/UuGPZDvdNn
— The Independent (@Independent) May 28, 2020
Cummings is the symbol of a political class that knows consequences are for little people. https://t.co/hvLQ6edJJG
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 28, 2020
Boris Johnson accused of launching broken test and trace system early to distract from Cummings scandal https://t.co/cOovs1TGbX
— Dr Dominic Pimenta MD (@DrDomPimenta) May 28, 2020
https://twitter.com/BrightonBDS/status/1266085552329293824
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WORLDWIDE
Beijing has turned Hong Kong into a police state pic.twitter.com/pcvQCI1vSW
— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) May 28, 2020
The UK government is considering opening a citizenship 'path' for more than 300,000 Hong Kong residents, if China continues to pursue a controversial national security law https://t.co/OW0QLxmF90
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 28, 2020
As businesses world-wide struggle to resume operations, two planeloads of German executives traveling to China in coming days are raising pressure on foreign rivals to resume international business travel https://t.co/BJjkSLPPlY
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) May 28, 2020
Chinese travellers account for a quarter of the rise in global spending on tourism since 2000. If the industry is to recover, their custom is needed https://t.co/WMrQT4xOV0
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 28, 2020
The Boston Marathon has been canceled — for the first time in its 124-year history — due to the COVID-19 pandemic. pic.twitter.com/l1IdwbWhwm
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) May 28, 2020