A video of a sheriff from Flint, Michigan, taking off his helmet and laying his baton on the ground to join George Floyd protesters on their march has gone viral.
Many Cities Under Curfew as Protests Sweep U.S.
“Standoffs intensified across the country on Saturday. In Minneapolis, officials were anticipating a fifth night of unrest,” the New York Times reports.
“As protests escalated, mayors ordered people off the streets in some of America’s largest cities, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami and Philadelphia.”
Washington Post: “Police cars were set aflame, freeways were blocked, windows were shattered and authorities deployed tear gas and even rubber bullets. Multiple governors activated the National Guard and curfews were enacted in several major cities, including Atlanta, Louisville, Denver and Milwaukee.”
GOP Lawmaker Says ‘Looters Deserve to Be Shot’
Missouri state Rep. Tony Lovasco (R) is facing backlash after he tweeted that “Looters deserve to be shot. … But not by the government,” The Hill reports.
“The tweet came amid massive protests raging across the country following the police-involved death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in Minneapolis.”
Absolute Chaos In Minneapolis
“Heaping furious, violent contempt on an 8 p.m. curfew declaration and widespread passionate pleas for forbearance and peace, defiant rioters rampaged across Minneapolis for a fourth night Friday and into early Saturday, creating unprecedented havoc as they set towering fires, looted and vandalized businesses and shot at police officers, all in response to the death of an unarmed black man under a white police officer’s knee on Monday,” the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
“By all accounts, law enforcement presence was almost undetectable as the violence rapidly accelerated until just before midnight and into early Saturday, when hundreds of police officers, state troopers and National Guard troops, some in armored vehicles, fanned out into troubled areas, confronting rioters with mass force, tear gas and orders to disperse issued via bullhorn.”
“And yet, those efforts had visibly little impact for much of the night, and questions swirled among citizens and politicians about how such a dire situation could have developed in a long peaceable, progressive city.”
Washington Post: “Nobody forced the crisis in Minneapolis upon President Trump. He chose to inflame the tinderbox himself when he issued an ultimatum to people protesting the death of a black man there under the custody of a white police officer.”
National Guard Summoned to Aid Cities
“Georgia’s governor declared a state of emergency early Saturday to activate the state National Guard as violence flared in Atlanta and cities nationwide following the death in Minnesota of George Floyd after a white officer pressed a knee into his neck while taking him into custody,” the AP reports.
“Another 500 Guard soldiers were mobilized in and around Minneapolis, where Floyd died and an officer faced charges Friday in his death. But after another night of watching fires burn and businesses ransacked, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said early Saturday that he was moving to activate more than 1,000 more and was considering federal help.”
“The Guard was also on standby in the District of Columbia, where a crowd grew outside the White House and chanted curses at President Trump.”
New York Times: Protests flare in Brooklyn over Floyd death.
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“We’ve never had a person leading the Federation who is as bombastic, who is as overtly racist, who is as likely to provide comfort to someone when they do something wrong, who is as central to that toxic culture as Bob Kroll. And it is time to name names. Bob Kroll is a cancer on this police department, on this city.”
— Former Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak (D), quote by WCCO, on Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll.
Chicago Mayor Responds to Trump’s Tweet
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) accused President Trump of trying to “foment violence” and offered a vulgar response — in code — after he threatened Minneapolis rioters protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, the Chicago Sun Times reports.
Said Lightfoot: “We see the game he’s playing because it’s so transparent and he’s not very good at it. He wants to show failures on the part of Democratic local leaders to throw red meat to his base. His goal is to polarize, to destabilize local government and inflame racist urges. And we can absolutely not let him prevail.”
She added: “I will code what I really want to say to Donald Trump. It’s two words: It begins with F and ends with YOU.”
Ex-Minneapolis Police Officer Arrested
Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was captured on video pressing his knee into George Floyd’s neck before he died, has been taken into custody, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
Chavin was charged with murder and manslaughter. There may be additional charges later.
Police Officer and Man Killed Once Worked Together
George Floyd and now-former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin both worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club, KSTP reports.
Said former club owner Maya Santamaria: “Chauvin was our off-duty police for almost the entirety of the 17 years that we were open. They were working together at the same time, it’s just that Chauvin worked outside and the security guards were inside.”
Officer’s Wife Once Charged with Writing Bad Check
The wife of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was once charged with writing a bad check for $42, the Daily Mail reports.
Chauvin was one of the officers who arrested George Floyd on suspicion that he had used a forged $20 bill at a convenience store.
New Video Shows Three Officers Pinning Down Floyd
A newly-surfaced video of the arrest of George Floyd shows three Minneapolis police pinning the unarmed, handcuffed man on the ground while another officer stands nearby, NBC News reports.
The angle of the video has not been seen previously.
Minneapolis Protests Continue Through the Night
“The Twin Cities convulsed with chaos for a third straight night of violent unrest Thursday in the wake of the Memorial Day death of George Floyd as he was being restrained on the neck by a Minneapolis police officer,” the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
“Late Thursday and early Friday, rioters invaded and set fire to Minneapolis police’s Third Precinct headquarters and for a second overnight, torched and looted many other buildings in the Lake Street corridor, many of them housing small businesses with minority owners.”
New York Post cover: Minnesota Burning.
California DA Opens Investigation Into Tara Reade
Politico: “The Monterey County District Attorney’s office has launched an investigation into whether Tara Reade lied on the witness stand while acting as an expert witness. Reade, under the name Alexandra McCabe, for years testified as an expert in domestic violence cases for the California D.A.’s office. Among the issues is whether she lied about her credentials to qualify as an expert.”
Rich Neighborhoods Emptied Out In New York City
New York Times: “Hundreds of thousands of New York City residents, in particular those from the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods, left as the coronavirus pandemic hit, an analysis of multiple sources of aggregated smartphone location data has found.”
“Roughly 5 percent of residents — or about 420,000 people — left the city between March 1 and May 1. In the city’s very wealthiest blocks, in neighborhoods like the Upper East Side, the West Village, SoHo and Brooklyn Heights, residential population decreased by 40 percent or more, while the rest of the city saw comparably modest changes.”
City Council Member Forgets to Mute His Mic
Brooks Parker (R), a town council member in Wethersfield, CT, didn’t mute his microphone during an online budget meeting when he started talking to someone else.
Said Parker: “Is it bad if I tell you that I’m watching a town budget meeting and trying to do my taxes at the same time?”
After laughing hysterically, Parker added: “I don’t care about the fucking needs of the budget.”
Los Angeles Will Maintain Stay-at-Home Thru July
Los Angeles County’s stay-at-home orders will “with all certainty” be extended for the next three months, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Lis Smith Blasts De Blasio’s Virus Response
“Democratic political operative Lis Smith on Monday savaged her former boss, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, over his municipal coronavirus response, while offering effusive praise for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s leadership amid the public health crisis,” Politico reports.
Said Smith: “I do not think he has done well, and I don’t know a single person who thinks he has done well.”
Travel From New York Seeded Wave of Outbreaks
New York Times: “New York City’s coronavirus outbreak grew so large by early March that the city became the primary source of new infections in the United States, new research reveals, as thousands of infected people traveled from the city and seeded outbreaks around the country.”
“The research indicates that a wave of infections swept from New York City through much of the country before the city began setting social distancing limits to stop the growth. That helped to fuel outbreaks in Louisiana, Texas, Arizona and as far away as the West Coast.”
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