Published 3 years ago

Government watchdog finds failings, but no Trump influence, in clearing of Lafayette Square

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A government watchdog has determined the law enforcement agencies responsible for clearing protesters gathered outside the White House last summer failed to fully warn the crowd to disperse while fractured radio communications led officers to use chemical irritants that had not been authorized.

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BBC News

Trump praises report clearing DC police over 'Bible photo op'

Park Police in Washington did not clear protesters for a presidential "photo op", a report finds.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Police did not clear Lafayette Square so Trump could hold 'Bible' photo op: Watchdog

U.S. Park Police did not clear Lafayette Park and the nearby area of protesters on June 1, 2020, so President Donald Trump could walk from the White House over to St. John’s Church, but learned of his interest in surveying the site hours after they already had begun planning to clear the area to put up new fencing, according to a new watchdog report. The Interior Department’s inspector general did not determine whether law enforcement acted ina…

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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CTV News

U.S. Federal probe: Protest not broken up due to Trump photo op

An internal investigation has determined that the decision to forcibly clear racial justice protesters from an area in front of the White House last summer was not influenced by then-U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to stage a photo opportunity at that spot.

3 years ago·Canada

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The Independent

Trump’s photo op not behind violent police response to clearing protesters, report finds

Police violently cleared a park in front of the White House so a contractor could install fencing, not so that Donald Trump could walk with officials from his administration for a widely criticisesd photo op in front of a church across the street, according to a government report.

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Police did not disperse protesters so Trump could hold photo op: U.S. watchdog report

A U.S. government watchdog said in a report issued on Wednesday the U.S. Park Police had the lawful authority to disperse protesters from a park near the White House ahead of a presidential photo opportunity by former President Donald Trump in June 2020.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Gov't probe: Protest not broken up because of Trump photo op

WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal investigation has determined that the decision to forcibly clear racial justice protesters from an area in front of the White House last summer was not influenced by then-President Donald Trump's plan to stage a photo opportunity at that spot.

3 years ago·United States

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