President Donald Trump has threatened to send in the military to quell growing civil unrest in the United States (U.S.) over the death of a black man
He said if cities and states failed to control the protests and “defend their residents”, he would deploy the army and “quickly solve the problem for them”.But presidential candidate Joe Biden criticised Trump yesterday for “serving the passions of his base”.
The chief of police in Louisville, Kentucky has been sacked after law enforcement officers fired into a crowd on Sunday night, killing the owner of a nearby business. The Floyd case has reignited deep-seated anger over police killings of black Americans and racism. It follows the high-profile cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; Eric Garner in New York; and others that have driven the Black Lives Matter movement.
Trump deepened outrage on Monday by posing at a church across from the White House clutching a Bible after law enforcement officers used teargas and rubber bullets to clear protesters.
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