2020 Presidential Election

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(06-03-2020, 12:15 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: The curfew wasn’t in effect. It was before 7pm.

Also, it bars people from being in public spaces. If they were on private property, then they were technically fine.

Also, the media is exempt, but that didn’t stop the police yesterday from roughing up that media crew.

(06-03-2020, 02:13 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: They were assaulted about half an hour before the curfew, and this assault included attacking clergy members in front of the church who were tending to the wounded. 

I don't think the president has the authority to order an attack on civilians and force them from a religious site so that he can use the religious site. Sounds unAmerican, but I guess that's the consequence of clergy using churches? 

We've reached a concerning moment in devout Trumpianity when the president's wish to go to a church apparently justifies the violent removal of the clergy at that church.

(06-03-2020, 07:46 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Yeah, I've come to this conclusion based on reading some more information. I'm just done talking about it on here because I'm tired of dealing with the bootlickers.

Maybe someone else saying it will get it through.

But as a small correction the news last night was that whoever made the initial order to clear the park it was followed fast enough so Barr ordered it done right then.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/politics/barr-protests-white-house/index.html

Quote:Attorney General Barr ordered authorities to clear protesters near White House, DOJ official says



Updated 4:36 PM ET, Tue June 2, 2020


Washington (CNN)Attorney General William Barr on Monday evening ordered authorities to clear a crowd of protesters that had gathered near the White House, according to a Justice Department official, minutes ahead of President Donald Trump's televised address from the Rose Garden.


Barr and other top officials from agencies responsible for securing the White House had previously planned to secure a wider perimeter around Lafayette Square, a federally owned green space just north of the building, in response to fires and destruction caused by protestors on Sunday night.

That plan, developed earlier Monday, would have cleared the area later used for the President's walk to the nearby St. John's Episcopal Church for a photo-op by 4 p.m. ET, the official said.


But it never happened. When Barr arrived at Lafayette Square just after 6 p.m. in a scene that was captured on news cameras and elicited heckles from the large, peaceful crowd, the attorney general saw that the area had not been emptied, and told police to clear the area, the official said.

If federal law enforcement was met with resistance by the protesters, crowd control measures should be implemented, Barr had said, according to the official.


The Washington Post first reported Barr's direct involvement.

Barr had been told that police believed protestors were gathering rocks to throw at law enforcement, and while he was in the park, water bottles were thrown in his direction, the official said. CNN did not witness any water bottles being thrown at the attorney general. Camera footage shows him standing and watching the crowd for several minutes, flanked by a security detail and two senior department officials.


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Just before 6:24 p.m., police broadcast their first warning for the crowd to distance. A CNN correspondent reporting from the rooftop of a nearby hotel heard three warnings broadcast over the next 10 minutes as authorities moved closer to the crowd.

At 6:35 p.m., authorities began charging the crowd in lockstep with their shields raised, some using their batons to strike the protestors as gas canisters were deployed.

Trump walked over to the church shortly after 7 p.m.