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A CNN crew has been arrested while covering Minneapolis protests, and the governor has apologized — Minnesota police arrest CNN team on live television — (CNN)A CNN crew was arrested by Minnesota state police Friday morning while giving a live television report in Minneapolis …
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Twitter Warns that Trump Tweet Could Spur Violence — The move by the social media platform is likely to spur more threats from the White House and criticism from the president's supporters. — Twitter said early Friday that a tweet from President Trump suggesting that protesters …


Former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin In Custody, Charged With Murder In George Floyd's Death — MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested four days after George Floyd's fatal arrest that sparked protests, rioting and outcry across the city and nation …
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Former Minneapolis police officer arrested in George Floyd death — “Tonight needs to be different,” Gov. Tim Walz said after a night of riots, fires and looting in Minneapolis and St. Paul. — MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested in connection …
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Trump just threatened to have looters shot. Biden urged calm. That says it all. — We need to more fully come to terms with an unpleasant truth. It begins here: Donald Trump simply does not accept that he has any institutional obligation of any kind as president to use …
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George Floyd, fired officer overlapped security shifts at south Minneapolis club — A former club owner in south Minneapolis says the now-fired police officer and the black man who died in his custody this week both worked security for her club up to the end of last year.
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Minneapolis cop who knelt on handcuffed black man arrested — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday after three days of often-violent protests …


CNN crew released after being arrested live on air while reporting on Minneapolis protests
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls Minneapolis unrest ‘unacceptable’; President Donald Trump promises action
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Derek Chauvin charged with third-degree murder and manslaugther in death of George Floyd
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Minneapolis ex-officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck is in custody and charged with murder
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Twitter: Trump's Minnesota tweet violated rules on violence
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Fired Minneapolis officer charged with murder in death of George Floyd
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Derek Chauvin, Former Officer Who Placed Knee on George Floyd's Neck, in Police Custody
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Minn. mayor gives masks to crowding rioters after warning in-person worship would be ‘public health disaster’
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Minneapolis Bus Drivers Refuse to Transport George Floyd Protesters to Jail
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Twitter flags Trump, White House for ‘glorifying violence’ in tweets about George Floyd protests
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The Most Mendacious President in U.S. History
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McConnell says officers involved in George Floyd's death ‘look pretty darn guilty’

US should stand with Minnesota violent protesters as it did with HK rioters
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Twitter Censors Trump Tweet Denouncing Riots; Took No Action On Tweets Supporting Riots
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Trump wants to win over black voters while his base wants him to be tough. His base is winning.
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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’
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Protests in Minnesota Renew Scrutiny of Klobuchar's Record as Prosecutor
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Minnesota protest live updates: Derek Chauvin charged with murder in connection with George Floyd's death
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My fellow brothers and sisters in blue, what the hell are you doing? — Val Demings, a Democrat, represents Florida's 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. — As a former woman in blue, let me begin with my brothers and sisters in blue: What in the hell are you doing?
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Coronavirus: Monkeys ‘escape with COVID-19 samples’ after attacking lab assistant — One of the primates was reportedly later spotted up in a tree, chewing one of the sample collection kits. — Created with Sketch. — A gang of monkeys attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped …
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Inside Kylie Jenner's Web Of Lies—And Why She's No Longer A Billionaire — Earlier this year, Kylie Jenner sold half of her cosmetics company in one of the greatest celebrity cash-outs of all time. But the deal's fine print reveals that she has been inflating the size and success of her business.


Where does the phrase ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’ come from? — WASHINGTON — Twitter said early Friday that a post by President Donald Trump about the protests overnight in Minneapolis glorified violence because of the historical context of his last line: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
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‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump quotes Miami police chief's notorious 1967 warning
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Trump in Trouble — President Trump was disappointed. Bad weather on Wednesday forced a delay in SpaceX's planned launch of the Dragon spacecraft, robbing the president of a prized photo opportunity. He plans to attend the next launch window, scheduled for May 30 at 3:22 p.m. EDT …
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Gunshot fired into Republican field office during local Trump campaign event, RNC says — EXCLUSIVE: A gunshot was fired through a window of a Republican National Committee office in Mohave County, Arizona during a Trump Victory event Thursday night, GOP officials tell Fox News.
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Customs and Border Protection Is Flying a Predator Drone Over Minneapolis — Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is flying a Predator drone, military technology used for surveilling and killing terrorists abroad, over Minneapolis as protesters continue to demonstrate against police brutality …
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7 shot in downtown Louisville at Breonna Taylor protest. Here's what we know — Louisville, Ky. — At least seven people were shot as hundreds of protesters in downtown Louisville gathered Thursday night to demand justice for Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old ER tech who was shot and killed by Louisville Metro Police in March.


Exclusive: Cruz calls for criminal investigation of Twitter — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in a letter Friday to the Justice and Treasury departments, is calling for a criminal investigation of Twitter over allegations the company is violating U.S. sanctions against Iran.
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Inside an Extraordinary G.O.P. Event: ‘Pressing Flesh and Kissing Babies’ Again — At the South Carolina event, attended by Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, there were few masks and no social distancing — and that was the point. — CONWAY, S.C. — The first mention of the coronavirus pandemic was a joke.