This will be a live update on the riots and pandemonium throughout the country tonight. Come back for updates.
They’re not messing around in Washington D.C. anymore:
Looks like National Guard/Army is heading towards the protests now. This was minutes ago on 15th Ave NW pic.twitter.com/KU4BPt2fOU
— Zeke Hartner (@ZekeHartnerWTOP) May 31, 2020
Protestors chant at line of Secret Service at intersection of 15th and Pennsylvania Ave NW near Treasury Building pic.twitter.com/pdMAqyP2Yd
— Zeke Hartner (@ZekeHartnerWTOP) May 31, 2020
Lot of smoke hear just north of Lafayette. Not sure the cause, but it sent the crowd into a brief panic. pic.twitter.com/DJL5bslwEI
— Zeke Hartner (@ZekeHartnerWTOP) May 31, 2020
Dumpsters set on fire right on Lafayette Park, by the White House. @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/Wf3DAzeZZL
— Fin Gomez (@finnygo) May 31, 2020
UPDATE:
Unbelievably intense situation here on Downtown DC. Tear gas canisters, fires, glass breaking, multiple firework explosions. I am about one block from the White House. On Connecticut Ave Fireworks keep exploding and I just saw someone rip down the White House ID check sign.
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) May 31, 2020
A livestream:
LIVE in Downtown DC … https://t.co/JdBTCeWWXM
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) May 31, 2020
Meanwhile in New York City:
It’s hard to remain peaceful when the NYPD is doing stuff like this pic.twitter.com/Ue01z5Ckk3
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) May 31, 2020
Another night of rioting and looting likely in Minneapolis, Minnesota:
dystopian scenes in Minneapolis tonight pic.twitter.com/ywDcpviXMw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 31, 2020
Trump has sent in the National Guard:
The National Guard has been released in Minneapolis to do the job that the Democrat Mayor couldn’t do. Should have been used 2 days ago & there would not have been damage & Police Headquarters would not have been taken over & ruined. Great job by the National Guard. No games!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2020
Uh Al Velshi says it’s all peaceful?
Ali Velshi in Minneapolis: “This was a 100% peaceful march and the police opened fire into it. There was no reason to do so, there was zero provocation.” pic.twitter.com/iiL2EgDxtw
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) May 31, 2020
Police in Minneapolis are firing on us (press) with rubber bullets. Our sound engineer John Marschitz was hit. He is ok. We were not standing within 500 feet of any protesters at the time, and we had credentials displayed and cameras out. #cbsnews pic.twitter.com/Ai6Qd8gLjz
— Michael George (@MikeGeorgeCBS) May 31, 2020
Some idiotic rumors flying around:
STAY OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS TONIGHT. THEY ARE PLANNING A MASS SHOOTING !! SPREAD THIS. pic.twitter.com/DkicOYBEen
— sar ᵇˡᵐ (@Iouveontour) May 31, 2020
Los Angeles began with a curfew over the downtown, but it has extended to ALL of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles has now extended Downtown dawn to dusk curfew to the entire city amid widespread vandalism, setting of patrol cars on fire and looting in Fairfax District including the Nordstroms at The Grove.
— Andrew Blankstein (@anblanx) May 31, 2020
Pretty remarkable.
Of course there’s always a surplus of scumbag commie antifa idiots in Seattle, Washington:
Looting and rioting.
A horrible video from Dallas, Texas:
BREAKING: man critically injured at Dallas riots
It appears he attempted to defend a shop with a large sword
Looters ran at him, then he charged rioters
They then beat him with a skateboard and stoned him with medium sized rocks
I called an Ambulance and it’s on the way pic.twitter.com/kFxl3kjsBC
— BREAKING RIOT UPDATES – BLAZE TV (@ElijahSchaffer) May 31, 2020
BREAKING: fights break out in Dallas while looters pillage a 7-11 pic.twitter.com/B44IykJyMy
— BREAKING RIOT UPDATES – BLAZE TV (@ElijahSchaffer) May 31, 2020
We stole a trump flag from a local racist and set it on fire #DallasProtests pic.twitter.com/wnQcgCnG5S
— Justin Sharp ⚾️ (@juicestain5) May 30, 2020
There’s another video:
Full unedited video for editorial requests. Please attribute to Elijah Schaffer of Blaze TV. I cannot confirm he was the store owner, but I pulled out my camera when I saw him appearing to defend a store, then he was rushed, then made the move that might have cost him his life pic.twitter.com/8oGa2obBbp
— BREAKING RIOT UPDATES – BLAZE TV (@ElijahSchaffer) May 31, 2020
He’s not doing great, but he’s alive:
DPD source tells me man who was seen getting attacked in a graphic viral video by a group of protesters is in bad shape, but hanging on. His body was literally twisted from getting stomped on and kicked. Happened near House of Blues. Working to get more info #DallasProtests
— Cassandra Jaramillo (@cassandrajar) May 31, 2020
According to the Associated Press, there have been 1,400 arrests in 17 U.S. cities since Thursday.
I’ll update this post as necessary….