The attorney general's comments echo those made by President Donald Trump in a tweet, and the mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota.
In a short statement on Saturday, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said that the unrest during the George Floyd protests over the last four days was due to"outside radicals and agitators."
"In many places it appears the violence is planned, organized and driven by anarchic and far-left extremist groups using Antifa-like tactics, many of whom travel from outside the state to promote the violence," he added."80% of the RIOTERS in Minneapolis last night were from OUT OF STATE. They are harming businesses , homes, and the community of good, hardworking Minneapolis residents who want peace, equality, and to provide for their families," Trump wrote.
"Because we had a relative stillness in St. Paul, we didn't make an enormous number of arrests, but every single person we arrested last night, I'm told, was from out of state. What we are seeing right now is a group of people who are not from here," Carter said.
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