U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that foreign interests and 'extremist agitators' tied to the Antifa movement have tried to exploit nationwide protests over the latest in a long series of killings of black men by white police officers.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Thursday that foreign interests and “extremist agitators” tied to the Antifa movement have tried to exploit nationwide protests over the latest in a long series of killings of black men by white police officers.
“We have seen evidence that Antifa and other similar extremist groups, as well as actors of a variety of different political persuasions, have been involving in instigating and participating in violent activity,” Barr said at a news conference. The federal agents called in to protect the White House include riot-control teams from the federal Bureau of Prisons, who have been spotted in uniforms without badges or other identification, unlike other police officers.
The Democrat told reporters that her daughter, Alexandra, had been present when the federal agents acting on Barr’s orders cleared Lafayette Park near the White House of protesters. “When the nation’s top law enforcement officer becomes complicit in the tactics of an autocrat, it chills protected speech for all of us,” said Scott Michelman, ACLU legal director in the District of Columbia.
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