Violence

Law enforcement’s brutal response to this weekend’s protests may fuel mistrust in the health care system as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to smolder through the country. Experts say the danger is especially acute in black communities, which have already been hit hard by the virus, and have historically borne the brunt of discriminatory policing. In…

The president spent Sunday out of sight, berating opponents on Twitter, even as some of his campaign advisers were recommending that he deliver a televised address to an anxious nation.As hundreds of protesters gathered outside the White House on Friday evening, Secret Service agents rushed the president to an underground bunker.Credit...Nicholas Kamm/Agence France-Presse — Getty…

The police violence currently being protested in dozens of cities around the United States predates President Donald Trump by decades — so do the sentiments that fuel it, by at least 401 years, to the start of American slavery. But since his inauguration, Trump and his administration have worked to solidify a place for police…

CLOSE Protesters continued to demand justice Saturday for George Floyd. Many demonstrations remained peaceful, but not all. USA TODAYCities across the nation were quiet Sunday morning after a night of unrest that saw dozens of demonstrations and police cars burn amid outrage over the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died in the custody…

President Trump on Saturday vowed to stop “mob violence,” as he condemned riots that have broken out amid what originally were protests across the country in response to Minneapolis man George Floyd’s death in police custody earlier this week.The president called Floyd’s death a “tragedy” and said “it should never have happened.”DUELING CLAIMS: TRUMP BLAMES ANTIFA…