Before President Trump could stride across Lafayette Square in Washington for a photo op at St. John’s Church, protesters had to be cleared out. What ensued was a burst of violence unlike any seen in the shadow of the White House in generations. https://t.co/zuzOMeqUH8
Former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has offered to pay for George Floyd’s funeral and memorial services, and the family has accepted the offer https://t.co/gt9sG4LKi4
Ella Jones becomes the first woman and first black mayor of Ferguson, Missouri.
The result comes nearly six years after the death of black teen in the city set off weeks of nationwide protests and outrage. https://t.co/RxJrog7BB9
“I thought I might be killed,” says Taniyah Pilgrim, a college student involved in the tasing incident in Atlanta. “Nothing really warranted it. After I realized none of this really had a reason, I was just thinking, OK, this is the end.” https://t.co/jzpsRwEkiU
Breaking News: In a major defeat, Rep. Steve King of Iowa lost his Republican primary for a 10th term. He has long made racist comments and was disciplined in 2019. https://t.co/95F2nr5Nus
“There needs to be a total reset in policing, the culture of policing, the way citizens and authorities... interact with one another,” says Messiah Young, a college student who was tased by police in Atlanta. https://t.co/jzpsRwEkiU
Khalil Gardner and Stephania Ergemlidze are part of a group carrying a hoop around Philadelphia for people to play together during the protests. ✊
(via @ncannellf, @whyy, @stephaniae__)
NEW: In a live Fox News radio interview just now, the President said he did not go to the White House bunker on Friday night as protests unfolded nearby.
He said he went during the DAY to “inspect” the shelter “for a very short period of time.”
President Trump tells Brian Kilmeade it was a false report that he was taken to the underground bunker amid protests, though he confirms he did go to the bunker. He says he went in the day and it was "more for an inspection." "I was there for a tiny, short little period of time."