Trump clarifies Twitter 'shooting' comment over riots in Minneapolis

Trump clarifies Twitter 'shooting' comment over riots in Minneapolis

Channel NewsAsia - World·2020-05-30 09:18

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday (May 30) tried to walk back a Twitter threat to respond with deadly force to three days of violent protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of an unarmed black man.

After his online comment that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" drew a warning from Twitter and widespread condemnation from Democrats, Trump said he understood why the killing had sparked nationwide protests about police violence against African Americans.

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