Can't believe this. I heard this from the press, on campaign ads, from BLM...and now we find out the press was lying? Shocking.
www.nbcnews.com
That finding, published Wednesday, is likely to surprise many critics of Trump, who have long asserted that the president or his attorney general ordered the operation to pave the way for an act of political theater. That is also the central allegation of a federal lawsuit by Black Lives Matter against the Justice Department.
If I recall, the press also called it a peaceful protest........maybe not.
The report says protests on May 30 and 31 "were mostly peaceful during the day," but that "acts of violence increased in the late afternoon and evenings," and that "officers reported that some protesters threw projectiles, such as bricks, rocks, caustic liquids, frozen water bottles, glass bottles, lit flares, rental scooters, and fireworks, at law enforcement officials."
A total of 49 Park Police officers were injured during the protests from May 29 to May 31, including one who underwent surgery, the report says.
Historic statues in Lafayette Square, were vandalized with graffiti, and on May 31, the park's comfort station was set on fire, the report says. A fire was also set in the basement at St. John's Church on May 31, and nearby stores and businesses were looted
So Trump never ordered the removal.........the press knew this but lied.
Trump photo op not why police chased protesters from park, report says
But the report did find that Attorney General Barr urged officials to speed up the process once Trump had decided to walk through the area.
www.nbcnews.com
That finding, published Wednesday, is likely to surprise many critics of Trump, who have long asserted that the president or his attorney general ordered the operation to pave the way for an act of political theater. That is also the central allegation of a federal lawsuit by Black Lives Matter against the Justice Department.
If I recall, the press also called it a peaceful protest........maybe not.
The report says protests on May 30 and 31 "were mostly peaceful during the day," but that "acts of violence increased in the late afternoon and evenings," and that "officers reported that some protesters threw projectiles, such as bricks, rocks, caustic liquids, frozen water bottles, glass bottles, lit flares, rental scooters, and fireworks, at law enforcement officials."
A total of 49 Park Police officers were injured during the protests from May 29 to May 31, including one who underwent surgery, the report says.
Historic statues in Lafayette Square, were vandalized with graffiti, and on May 31, the park's comfort station was set on fire, the report says. A fire was also set in the basement at St. John's Church on May 31, and nearby stores and businesses were looted
So Trump never ordered the removal.........the press knew this but lied.
