US protests latest: Donald Trump denies tear gas being used on DC protesters
Mr Trump has now denied that tear gas was used."Now, when I went, I didn't say 'Oh, move them out.' I didn't know who was there."
"The option to use active duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire of situations. We are not in one of those situations now," Mr Esper told a news briefing.To deploy the military on US soil for law enforcement purposes, Mr Trump would need to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act — something last done in 1992 in response to the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.
Protesters raise their fist in front of Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the New York mayor. Many stores across the city were boarded up to prevent the smash-and-grab looting that took place Sunday and Monday nights. "We've come here with our friends to sound the alarm, to make noise, to dismantle supremacist systems."The demonstrators booed as they walked past 10 Downing Street, official residence of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and some also booed and took a knee in front of New Scotland Yard, London's police headquarters.Vision posted on social media showed some scuffles between protesters and police near the gates of the PM's residence.
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