Iran Press/ America: “It will be a much different scene!” Donald Trump said in a tweet on Friday.
The President’s threat, which lumped protesters in with “anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes,” came a day before he plans to return to the campaign trail with a massive in-person rally. The gatherings, once a hallmark of Trump’s campaign-style, have not been held for months out of concerns about spreading the coronavirus, CNBC reported.
The kickoff event to reboot Trump’s reelection campaign has been hugely controversial. Public health experts – even some within the Trump administration, such as Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the White House coronavirus task force, – have warned that the event could spread the deadly disease.
The rally, which comes amid a nationwide protest movement against police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death, is also expected to draw virtual and in-person opposition from activists and demonstrators.
Trump has criticized leaders in New York, Minneapolis, and Seattle for their handling of the protests. The President has taken an aggressive “law and order” stance against the demonstrations, at times blurring the distinction between the thousands of peaceful paticipants and those who have committed acts of violence or theft during the events.
The city of Tulsa announced a 10 p.m. curfew that will take effect on Friday and Saturday night, The Washington Post reported. The last-minute step was taken after local law enforcement informed the city’s mayor that people from violence-causing groups were traveling to Tulsa to foment unrest around Trump’s rally, according to the Post.
"Black Lives Matter" protests continue across the United States after George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed in police custody.
Floyd, 46, an unarmed black man, died after being pinned down by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, as he was being arrested in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25 after reportedly attempting to use a counterfeit $20 bill at a local store.
His death has prompted largely peaceful mass demonstrations that have continued more than two weeks across the US, though some have devolved into violence and looting.
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