Trump is president of law and disorder
Irish Daily Mirror|June 6, 2020
STANDING outside Minneapolis’s under-siege Third Police Precinct among the tear gas and rubber bullets, I was ordered to the front of the rioting mob.
Chris Bucktin
Trump is president of law and disorder

As I was shoved forward, a demonstrator protesting the death of African American George Floyd at the hands of white police officers told me: “Scream ‘No justice’ and we going to follow you.

“They’re not going to shoot your white ass. They are not going to send any gas over here.”

Another added: “They’re not going to get you, you’ve got a nice tie on.”

My six days on the front line of protests was a shocking insight into the anger and frustration felt not only in the city but across America too.

Once again, another black man killed at the hands of white cops, all of which was caught on camera.

For almost nine minutes, officer Derek Chauvin had placed his knee on the neck of the 46-year-old – all on suspicion he had a fake $20 bill.

This story is from the June 6, 2020 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.

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