"It was devastating. In a Fox News interview with Harris Faulkner, President Donald Trump was asked what he thinks protesters across the country are demonstrating against following the Memorial Day death of George Floyd.Floyd was a Black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes while Floyd said he couldn’t breathe and begged for air. You’re protesting also because, you know, they just didn’t know. And we’ve seen it over the years. And you say, where are these people coming from?”Floyd’s death was the latest in a long list of instances in which a white police officer was videotaped using excessive force against an unarmed Black man following an arrest.The event sparked nationwide protests against systemic racism and police brutality as demonstrations continue to rage in more than 300 US cities.The protests have been largely peaceful, though some have devolved into chaos after law enforcement officials used tear gas, flash grenades, and other items to dispel crowds and were videotaped using batons against peaceful protesters if they were on the streets past curfew.Trump and his allies have blamed the far-left group antifa for sparking the violence, but a closer examination of court records, media reports, and social media posts shows no evidence of a coordinated antifa effort to infiltrate the protests.The president has not yet made a public statement condemning police brutality and racism in the wake of Floyd’s death. In a televised interview, Fox News’s Harris Faulkner, who is black, pressed Trump on his widely criticized tweet, which many interpreted to be a racist threat of violence. All rights reserved. – what do you think they [protesters] want?” Faulkner asked the president. I’ve seen it before I was president. And, the tweets -- you know -- 'when the looting starts, the shooting starts.'
Look at what happened," Trump urged. It's used both ways. "I was about 18 months old at the time...But it was from the chief of police in "That frightened a lot of people when you tweeted that," she noted.Earlier this month, after being repeatedly targeted and defaced by protesters, I’ve watch – I watched very closely. And I know it. I think it’s a shame.
But, when the looting starts, it oftentimes means there's going to be... sure, there's going to be death, there's going to be killing. A lot of them were there because what we witnessed was a terrible thing. But, if you think about it, look what happened, how people were devastated with the looting. I mean, I've had it viewed both ways. All market data delayed 20 minutes. That's really just a fact, because that's what happens," he explained. “What do you think they need, right now, from you?”“Protesters for different reasons. And, it's also used as a threat. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. And then you have a movement where they say, let’s not have a police department. "According to The Washington Post, Headley's remark has been echoed by other public figures, including former Alabama governor and presidential candidate Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inboxThis material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Shortly before he died, Floyd called for his late mother.Faulkner referenced Floyd’s last moments in her interview with Trump, saying they were “a heart punch.”“So I’m curious, from you, what do you think the protesters – not the rioters and the looters, we’re intelligent enough to know the difference in our culture, right?
"I think they see it both ways. "And, the other is: if there's looting, there's going to be shooting. ""One is if there's looting, there's probably going to be shooting.