Attorney General William Barr defended the decision to aggressively clear protesters from a park near the White House on Monday, saying, 'we asked three times' that they move back one block.
Of video showing the police officers' conduct when arresting Floyd, Barr said,"It is impossible for any normal human being not to be struck to the heart with horror."Barr said the aftermath of Floyd's death has produced a challenge to the rule of law in the form of"lawlessness, violent rioting, arson, looting of businesses and public property, assaults on law enforcement officers and innocent people.
Barr said there have been 114 injuries to law enforcement personnel in Washington since Saturday, including 22 that required hospitalization. Donald Washington, director of the U.S. Marshals Service, said 21 U.S. courthouses across the country have been damaged.Barr stands in Lafayette Square across from the White House as demonstrators gather Monday to protest George Floyd's death.Barr has been leading the federal response to the protests, some of which had been violent.
The actions of police, who aggressively cleared the largely peaceful protesters, have been broadly criticized. Barr also defended the large amount of federal law enforcement officers in Washington, saying it was"the federal city" and there was a large-scale disturbance threatening federal property, including government buildings and monuments.
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