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@Reuters "(Reuters) - Two Buffalo, New York, police officers were suspended without pay on Thursday after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground, as protests over the police killing of George Floyd continued into their tenth night."

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@Reuters "The panel discusses President Trump's walk across Lafayette Square on Monday for a photo op at St. John's Church and the clearing of protesters. The Washington Post's Robert Costa reports on how the walk was Trump's decision. Aired on 06/03/2020."

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@Reuters "Some of the nation’s most prominent military leaders show their dissent to the president’s aggressive show of force. Aired on 6/4/2020."

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@Reuters "The president, facing a huge backlash for threatening to use the military on American protesters, is lashing out at those who are speaking out against the president's autocratic suggestion. Aired on 6/4/2020."

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@Reuters "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticizes the president's photo op this week in front of St. John's Church, and she discusses honoring the life of George Floyd. Aired on 06/03/2020."

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@Reuters "Father James Martin & Reverend Mariann Budde, Episcopal Bishop of DC, express outrage to Andrea Mitchell in response to President Trump's photo-op holding a bible in front of St. John's Episcopal Church,"
@Reuters "...after peaceful protesters were cleared out with teargas making way for the visit. Aired on 06/02/2020."

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@Reuters "Former CIA analyst Gail Helt along with writers Masha Gessen and Anne Applebaum discuss the president's threat to use active duty U.S. troops to combat protesters and the violent clearing of protesters for a photo op this week. Aired on 06/04/2020."

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@Reuters "The number of former military officials rebuking Trump’s use of force against the protestors continues to grow. Aired on 06/05/2020."

"Watch what they do, not what they say!"

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@Reuters "Rev. Gini Gerbasi, the rector at St. John's Episcopal Church of Georgetown, said she was at the scene when police fired smoke canisters and pepper balls to disperse the crowds so that President Donald Trump could walk over to the church and take photos."

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@Reuters "President Trump responds to law enforcement using smoke canisters and rubber bullets to break up a peaceful protest in front of the White House so he could visit a nearby church. CNN's Daniel Dale fact checks his claims."

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@Reuters "CNN's Anderson Cooper responds to White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany saying that President Donald Trump's photo-op in front of St. John's Episcopal Church amid the George Floyd protests was akin to Winston Churchill touring the rubble of London during WWII."
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"Justice Secretary Michael Gove has said Britain would be "freer, fairer and better off outside the EU"."

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