Attorney General William Barr is sending riot teams to help control protests in Washington, D.C., and Miami. Also, the FBI will have command posts across the country as demonstrations move into a second week.
Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesAttorney General William Barr in the Oval Office of the White House last month.Attorney General William Barr is sending specialized teams of federal agents to help control protests in Washington, D.C.
Video of Floyd's arrest shows him handcuffed and pinned face-down on the street. A Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, is shown kneeling on top of him with his knee pushing on Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes. On a parallel track, the FBI and Justice Department are conducting a separate investigation to determine whether any federal civil rights laws were violated.Violence Erupts As Outrage Over George Floyd Death Spills Into A New Week
"Unfortunately, with the rioting that is occurring in many of our cities around the country, the voices of peaceful protest are being hijacked by violent radical elements," Barr said over the weekend."Groups of outside radicals and agitators are exploiting the situation to pursue their own separate and violent agenda."
On top of that, Antifa, short for anti-fascist, isn't an organization, but rather a diffuse movement of activists on the far left.
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