Yes, there are multiple reports of the incident of "
broadening the perimeter of Lafayette Park", before the president took the walk across the street to the church.
Today's reporting, is there were NO tear gas, and there were bottles and other things being thrown at the officers:
Deeper reporting reveals that protesters did begin to get arrested, throwing water bottles, rocks and other projectiles at the oncoming police.
“As many of the protesters became more combative, continued to throw projectiles, and attempted to grab officers’ weapons, officers then employed the use of smoke canisters and pepper balls.” Monahan’s statement also described “caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles hidden along the street.”
PepperBall is in fact a brand name touted on the company’s website as “your complete nonlethal solution.” The balls themselves resemble paint balls, and can be “launched” from different devices, most of which resemble weapons.https://wtop.com/dc/2020/06/some-clarity-a-day-after-reports-of-tear-gas-in-lafayette-square-but-questions-remain/When reporting we expect accuracy, yet we get narratives to fit the reporter's agendas. No one wants to acknowledge there were three loud speaker announcements, for the protestors to move back the perimeters. They refused to.
Ginny,
"There is no church or synagogue in the land which thinks that clearing was a good idea" This is your opinion, since all the churches or synagogues have not weighed in, to my knowledge, unless you can site their statements.
Yet, it really doesn't matter if church leaders or others think broadening the perimeter was a good idea or not. It was the Attorney General's decision, and he has that authority.
Confirmed reporting from The Washington Post that Barr and his office made the decision either late Sunday (May 31) or early Monday to extend the perimeter around the White House. When he arrived in the area on Monday afternoon, he surveyed the square and was disappointed his request had not yet been carried out.
At that point, after talking with police, the move to expand the perimeter started. A Department of Justice official, who spoke with The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity, said “he [Barr] basically said: ‘This needs to be done. Get it done.'”
Who anyone chooses to believe, really makes no difference, it turns into opinions at best. The fact the church basement was set ablaze the night before, gives enough reason for AG Barr to broaden the perimeter. Was it a good idea for that Diocese to even send them there in the midst of all the violence, to pass out water and snacks? My personal opinion, which doesn't carry much weight, is absolutely not. If our Catholic Diocese has protected it's parishoners from the covid19 virus, by keeping us away from the churches, why on earth would the Episcopalian Diocese think if was safe to send these people into an violent, unrest area?
"I'm there in my little pink sweater in my collar, my gray hair up in a ponytail, my reading glasses on," said Gerbas, as she and others were forced to flee the scene.
Better they were safely "
forced to flee the scene"[/i] (reporters words not hers), rather they possibly get mixed into a violent situation, and it end in tragedy.
I watched the protestors in Lafayette Park, in real time the other night, they were in the faces of the secret service near the White House, actually pounding on their face masks, grabbing their uniforms, spitting at them, throwing items at them, and trying to get them to engage with them. I give high regard for the secret service for not engaging. The hatred for this president and police has overshadowed George Floyd's death, and the message of injustice. Yes, Barb, there are investigations going on now, that is leading directly to several hate groups who have been placing piles of bricks, malutof bottles, bats, lighters, and other weapons at certain points in the cities to use against the police, and to destroy the businesses. Who are funding these supplies, and bringing them into the cities?
The video showing the retired, St. Louis Police Captain David Dorn killed by these looters, was just horrifying.
St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden said Dorn was murdered during a looting while “exercising law enforcement training.” There is NO justice in unlawfulness, and no one should try to place blame on the police or president for trying to protect people and property during this rioting, which is their oath they are sworn to do. Like this president or not, the media once again wants to direct your attention to their narrative, which is hating this president. We call for unity, we call for justice, we call for law and order, but yet in the midst of this tragic unrest, what do the media and politicians do, deflect to hating the president. If he sits back and waits for the governors and mayors to step up to protect their cities, he is called cowardly, hiding in the bunker. If he comes out and makes a speech, and says if the governors and mayors refuse to protect their people and property, he will take steps to do it, he is then called a dictator. He is in a no win situation, because he is hated so much by the celebrities, democrats and media, and they drive the narrative. The fact that the celebrities have a fund raising that has surpassed two million dollars, to help bail out the protestors, should tell you where their true concerns are.
I just know good, law abiding citizens, who have worked their entire lives at their businesses, want this to stop! Destroying cities, looting businesses, setting fires, defacing monuments, killing innocent people, is not in the name of justice for George Floyd. Even his family is begging for it to stop. Our country looks like a worn torn war time country. It will take centuries to rebuild what has been destroyed, least we forget the pain and sorrow of the loss of the loved ones, and their livelihoods gone, at the hands of these criminals.
Ginny, be certain, NO ONE is looking away, the entire country IS united in the unjustified murder of George Floyd. The entire country is calling for justice. Likewise there is no justified reason for the actions of the criminals/murderers on the streets of our cities. The media wants us to look away, by talking about our president who walked across the street to show Americans our faith can never be destroyed. We are NOT looking away, we see clearly, justice, law and order will prevail.
Barb, we were posting at the same time.
"my thinking is this will not be over soon and like anything of late that hits the news it will become more and more Politicized."Indeed it will.
