Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said Sunday it’s hard walking the line between “extreme aggression” in confronting injustice and avoiding burning down cities as people protest the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis
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But the congresswoman also attributed much of the destruction to people “not interested in protecting black lives.” Setting fires risks the community that people claim to be standing for, Omar said, adding: “There are people who exploited the pain that communities are feeling and ignite violence.“ More than two dozen cities enacted curfews. The National Guard has been summoned in at least 12 states and the District of Columbia.
President Donald Trump has been blaming far-left radicals and Antifa for any of the violence that has come out of the protest. Some officials have said there have been far-right instigators as well.
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