{"id":2846,"date":"2020-06-02T22:08:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T22:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2020-06-02T22:08:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T22:08:03","slug":"trumps-push-for-law-and-order-only-led-to-more-chaos-in-dc-monday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=2846","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s push for \u201claw and order\u201d only led to more chaos in DC Monday night"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“\u201cJust before [Trump] spoke, federal police violently broke up a peaceful protest just outside the White House, tear-gassing a group of about 1,000 demonstrators and then firing rubber bullets at them so Trump could have an uninterrupted photo op<\/strong><\/a> at a nearby church damaged in the weekend\u2019s upheaval.\u201d” 
…
“Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop of that church \u2014 St. John\u2019s \u2014 told CNN<\/a> she was \u201coutraged\u201d by Trump having the protesters cleared simply so he could pose with a Bible in front of a boarded-up church, calling the message he sent \u201cantithetical to the teachings of Jesus.\u201d” 
…
“The move outraged the district\u2019s local policing partners as well. Arlington County, a suburban area abutting the city in Virginia, has a mutual aid agreement in place with Washington, DC, that allows police resources to be shared between the two. Some members of the Arlington County Police Department were among the force ordered to clear the area between the White House and St. John\u2019s, and officials withdrew their police from the city<\/a>, angered about the officers being used to suppress a protest.” 
…
“DC is one city, but Tuesday night offered a preview of the president\u2019s vision for policing these protests.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/6\/2\/21277877\/trump-law-and-order-protests-chaos-dc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“\u201cJust before [Trump] spoke, federal police violently broke up a peaceful protest just outside the White House, tear-gassing a group of about 1,000 demonstrators and then firing rubber bullets at them so Trump could have an uninterrupted photo op at a nearby church damaged in the weekend\u2019s upheaval.\u201d” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop of that church \u2014 St. John\u2019s \u2014 told CNN she was \u201coutraged\u201d by Trump having the protesters cleared simply so he could pose with a Bible in front of a boarded-up church, calling the message he sent \u201cantithetical to the teachings of Jesus.\u201d” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“The move outraged the district\u2019s local policing partners as well. Arlington County, a suburban area abutting the city in Virginia, has a mutual aid agreement in place with Washington, DC, that allows police resources to be shared between the two. Some members of the Arlington County Police Department were among the force ordered to clear the area between the White House and St. John\u2019s, and officials withdrew their police from the city, angered about the officers being used to suppress a protest.” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

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