Posted on 06/05/2020 7:56:12 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Attorney General William Barr says law enforcement officers were already moving to push back protesters from a park in front of the White House when he arrived there Monday evening, and he says he did not give a command to disperse the crowd, though he supported the decision.
Barr’s comments in an interview with The Associated Press on Friday were his most detailed explanation yet of what unfolded outside the White House earlier this week. They come after the White House and others said repeatedly that the attorney general ordered officers to clear the park. Shortly after officers aggressively pushed back demonstrators, President Donald Trump — accompanied by Barr, Pentagon leaders and other top advisers — walked through Lafayette Park to pose for a photo at a nearby church that had been damaged during the protests.
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Still, he said he did not give the officers the orders to proceed — they were already in the process of doing so when he showed up.
“They told me they were about to make the announcement and I think they stretched the announcements over 20 minutes. During the time I was there, I would periodically hear announcements,” Barr said. “They had the Park Police mounted unit ready, so it was just a matter of execution. So, I didn’t just say to them, ‘Go.’”
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(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...
What a mess.
These devils sure wanted to finish off that church.
They lie as easy as they breath.
Barr didn’t order the crack down.
He’s way too busy investigating his investigations.
Half the citizens os this country do not trust the press. A majority of what they put out are half truths and just plain lies.
Why is Barr feeding red meat (contradicting WH) to the propaganda arm of the Democrat party? What team is he playing for?
No I am sure that the Secret Service did it to clear a path for the President to be able visit the church fire bomb the prior night.
Giving an order is a real calorie burner. Barr remains corpulent and shiftless.
Media is the mouthpiece
For the Democommies,
Antifa the “muscle”.
.
It’s all in plan sight now,
The time for a showdown
Is at Hand.
.
It was Pure TRUMP!
Waveing the
“King James Bible”
was the most egregious
Thing He could
Have done to Every
Demon possessed Marxist
On This Planet!
I could hear the seething
Hatred as if Trump was
Splashing Holy Water
At an Exorcism!
Yep
these excerpts tell another story - why not post them?
On Friday, Barr told the AP that both he and U.S. Park Police were in agreement on the need to push back the security perimeter. He said he attended a meeting around 2 p.m. Monday with several other law enforcement officials, including Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham, where they looked at a map and decided on a dividing line. Under the plan, the protesters would be moved away from Lafayette Park and federal law enforcement officials and members of the National Guard would maintain the perimeter line, Barr said
Barr said the plan was supposed to be put into action soon after the meeting, but additional officers and National Guard troops had to be called in because of a high number of officers who had been injured throughout the weekend. It had not yet been implemented when he arrived at the park later in the evening and the crowd had grown much larger than it was in the afternoon, Barr said.
the other relevant excerpt which was not posted:
Barr insisted there was no connection between the heavy-handed crackdown on the protesters and Trump’s walk soon after to St. John’s Church
Is the media still stuck on this story? What idiots.
If I’m the Park Police Commander, and the AG tells me “in an hour, POTUS is going to walk through the park to St John’s”, that’s all I need. Barr doesn’t need to tell me how to do my job. The path WILL be cleared and safe. It sounds like they warned the crowd several times, then used the minimum force required. They didn’t use excessive force or brutal means. The Park Police did a pretty good job.
There is more truth to your post than you probably know. The demons of hell have been whipped into a frenzy by Donald J Trump. We are witnessing a spiritual battle like no other in history.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE SPHERE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO WILL BACK HIM? OR IS IT JUST SMALL PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE MEDIA?!
I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF EVERYONE IN CHRISTENDOM GOING PUBLICLY NEGATIVE ON THIS MAN.
Sorry for shouting - but seriously is there anyone in quasi authority that won’t talk like a swamp dweller?
You can’t get FReepers all stirred up if you post excerpts like that. Sheesh, dood!
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