Barr Defends Firing Pepperballs at Peaceful Protesters Before Trump Photo Op
Jose Luis Magana/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Attorney General Bill Barr today tried to downplay the use of chemical irritants on protesters in Washington, DC, last week by insisting they weren’t, well, chemical irritants. “Pepper spray is not a chemical irritant. It’s not chemical” — AG…
Trump Pulls Out National Guard After Thousands Protest in Washington, DC
Protesters next to a National Guard Humvee in Washington, DC, last week. Samuel Corum/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This morning, as protesters were expected to hit the streets of the nation’s capital for a 10th day of demonstrations against racist police violence, President Donald Trump tweeted…
Romney Claps Back at Trump’s Callousness Toward the Protests
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.After President Trump spent the week demeaning protesters demanding justice in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, former Republican presidential nominee and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney offered a tweet to suggest he disagrees with the president’s response. On…
Trump Is Being Sued For Police Firing Tear Gas At Protesters
Alex Brandon For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Monday, police fired tear gas at peaceful protesters so that President Donald Trump could pose for a photo. Trump was condemned widely—even by former Defense Secretary James Mattis. Now, he’s being sued. The ACLU of DC, on behalf of the…
Democrats Think Officers Policing Protests Need to Identify Themselves. Bill Barr Disagrees.
Unidentified federal security forces block 16th Street at I Street on June 3.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the past few days, Mother Jones and other media outlets have noted the presence of armed personnel with no visible identification confronting…
Trump’s Crackdown on Protesters Is Great News for Chinese Propagandists
Ivanov Artyom/TASS/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As tensions between China and the United States have escalated in recent years, June 4 has become an increasingly important date for American political leaders, especially ones who are hawkish on China. On that day in 1989, Chinese security forces…