More on attacks against journalists

I blame Trump because of his enemy of the people crap.

The targeting of journalists by police is meant to prevent them from bearing witness to the abuse of everyday citizens. https://t.co/EO3INKYdd6
— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) June 3, 2020

Woke up this morning to more instances of police unacceptably targeting and using force against journalists in the US over the last week. The list is far too long & this is unacceptable — especially in the United States of America.
Time for a thread. This is just a sampling:
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) June 3, 2020

Journalists are being assaulted, tear gassed, detained, and arrested.

On American soil.

Black reporters are even more at risk.

A free press is essential to any democracy, and reporters need to do their jobs safely.

The press are not the enemy – unless you fear the truth. https://t.co/EOfh6850A5
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) June 2, 2020

I was arrested during the protest against police brutality in Asbury Park earlier tonight. I was just released from the Belmar PD headquarters with a summons for failing to obey an order to disperse.
— Gustavo Martinez (@newsguz) June 2, 2020

I have no memory of the attack last night in Little Rock, but there was a small group among the rioters who clearly didn’t want me there. Suffered a broken nose, but no other fractures. All journos, seriously, be careful. I got too close and paid for it w/ a 5-hour hospital stay pic.twitter.com/Dju2BfdsZ6
— Tony Holt (@HoltDemGazette) June 2, 2020

My co-worker and close friend Dennis Nett was knocked down by a police officer on Saturday. I'm glad that Dennis is OK. I know 2 things:
1. He is hating being part of the story.
2. He is most upset over having 2 camera lenses broken. https://t.co/l1Lscmqf8i
— Mike Waters (@MikeWatersSYR) June 1, 2020

125 press freedom violations.
At least 20 arrests.

This is America. https://t.co/s4Vm7gMgHR
— Nina Jankowicz (@wiczipedia) June 2, 2020

"The terror of wearing both a press badge and black skin": Black journalists are carrying unique burdens https://t.co/CXFwsHq183
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 2, 2020

Our pool of reporters and cameramen was just made to choke on the remnants of tear gas, while being manhandled and screamed at by WH staffers — without knowing where they were going or why. An extremely volatile situation.

We thank them for their performance under pressure.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) June 1, 2020

Thread by a Philadelphia reporter who followed a group of bat-wielding racist-spewing white men.

The cops ignored the men.

And then the men beat the shit out of the reporter.

Read the whole thread. https://t.co/VR2kFBjCMA
— Eric Umansky (@ericuman) June 2, 2020

And here’s the video – police repeatedly pushing and hitting an Australian camera crew at 6:30 as they cleared out the area around the White House. https://t.co/YNotvJ3LH6
— Ben Siegel (@benyc) June 1, 2020

We’ve not seen attacks on the media on this scale in modern US history. Governors, mayors and police chiefs need to rein in cops and send a loud public message in defense of reporters. https://t.co/LOw9EUtKGa
— Robert Mahoney (@RobertMMahoney) June 1, 2020

Facebook lets Trump say anything

They are helping him by allowing him to lie and stoke hatred in his cult members. I hardly use it now because of this. At least some of their employees are showing their disapproval.

I'm not sure who elected Mark Zuckerberg as minister of information, but I plan to vote him out of office next chance that I get.https://t.co/0GYMwb5bmn
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) June 2, 2020

Woof. intense qutestion from FB employee:

"“Why are the smartest people in the world focused on contorting and twisting our policies to avoid antagonizing trump?”https://t.co/ZSpKcyDOji
— rat king (@MikeIsaac) June 2, 2020

Facebook is the primary source of news for a lot of Americans still deciding who to vote for in November https://t.co/O4FkytVvEl
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 2, 2020

Very powerful resignation letter from a Facebook engineer who worked on misinformation tools.

"Mark always told us that he would draw the line at speech that calls for violence. He showed us on Friday that this was a lie." pic.twitter.com/IfyhdHsprs
— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) June 2, 2020

Civil-rights leaders were left “stunned” after trying to explain racism in a Monday meeting with Mark Zuckerberg https://t.co/voVBWRlYAB
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 2, 2020

🔥@Facebook employees are staging a walkout today for the 1st time in the company's history, and some have threatened to QUIT, in protest of Mark Zuckerberg's decision to allow @realDonaldTrump's racist post that incites violence to stand.#DeleteFacebook https://t.co/CybUhwVzJm
— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) June 1, 2020

Civil rights leaders went into a call with Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg tonight with low expectations. They were not disappointed. Mark didn't comprehend/accept history of voter suppression and that Trump's tweets could stoke violence against demonstrators. More to come
— CeciliaKang (@ceciliakang) June 2, 2020

Sources tell me that Facebook employees are changing their internal employee-Facebook profile images to the Twitter logo in protest https://t.co/Bk7XlTw4uq
— Kate Klonick (@Klonick) June 1, 2020

🔥@Facebook employees are staging a walkout today for the 1st time in the company's history, and some have threatened to QUIT, in protest of Mark Zuckerberg's decision to allow @realDonaldTrump's racist post that incites violence to stand.#DeleteFacebook https://t.co/CybUhwVzJm
— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) June 1, 2020

Wow.

Before announcing that Trump's post suggesting "looters" should be gunned down would be allowed to remain on Facebook, despite the company's clear ban on content advocating violence ZUCKERBERG PERSONALLY CALLED TRUMP and had a "productive" call https://t.co/x7bSakTLkf
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 31, 2020

The Trump campaign has spent lots of money on ads on Facebook.

During a company-wide town hall, Zuckerberg struggled to explain his decision-making process as many of his employees reminded him of promises he'd made before Congress to remove content that calls for violence or that could lead to imminent physical harm https://t.co/FlGoNruZWI
— CNN (@CNN) June 2, 2020

Zuckerberg’s position exempting politicians from #Facebook standards is as incoherent as it is destructive. He won’t prevent pols from using FB to incite violence & he won’t let FB be an “arbiter of truth” even to fact-check pols’ most brazen&harmful lies. https://t.co/J10KlffB1l
— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) May 30, 2020

Not physically being in the office hasn't prevented some workers from "walking out."

Some at Facebook staged a virtual walkout Monday over CEO Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action on a series of controversial posts from President Trump last week. https://t.co/Z4gJdheDbN
— CNN (@CNN) June 2, 2020

Most Republican senators support Trump’s terrible actions and words

Some don’t even have the guts to offer an opinion.

Analysis | No surprise here: Republican senators largely stand by Trump after his church photo op https://t.co/GGrPqCA7TE
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 2, 2020

Kasie Hunt asks Republican senators what they thought of the President having peaceful protestors gassed and dispersed for a photo op pic.twitter.com/MGy60CFvLV
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) June 2, 2020

Pathetic

Top GOP senators defending move to clear out peaceful protestors near WH for Trump church photo-op, with Cornyn disputing the notion they were being peaceful bc "they refused to move.” “So obviously, it was a necessary security measure.” https://t.co/p3kqcphG1o
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 2, 2020

At least 2 Republicans in Congress — Senators Ben Sasse and Tim Scott — are criticizing President Trump's response to protests after peaceful demonstrators were gassed in front of the White House so he could pose for a photograph with a Bible https://t.co/h152ev6N0E
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 2, 2020

Rebukes aren't strong. Actions are strong. Until Susan Collins *does something* to stop this, she's just as complicit as Trump himself. https://t.co/CEZOJmaDct
— Max Burns (@themaxburns) June 2, 2020

“I'm not going to critique other people's performances.”https://t.co/kFsmqf3kev
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 2, 2020

What an eff-you to America. Thanks, GOP. It was clear you didn't have the guts to challenge Trump. But you can't even talk about this crisis. A badge of shame. https://t.co/MJzOFTKuaq
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 2, 2020

White supremacists pose as Antifa

Twitter says it suspended several hundred accounts and is investigating the viral spread of the hashtag, which it says was boosted by "hundreds of spammy accounts." https://t.co/9CvRni4wmt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 2, 2020

White supremacists are now engaging in what Russians call active measures, posing as Antifa and inciting violence. https://t.co/dJBHBkh5JV
— Barb McQuade (@BarbMcQuade) June 2, 2020

After falling for multiple hoaxes about antifa, Fox Nation host @laralogan now promotes a joke tweet claiming antifa calls their members “juggalos”. pic.twitter.com/OBKgivL4w2
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) June 5, 2020

Trump threatens the use of military force; peaceful protesters are tear gassed

I don’t watch Trump speak but it sounds like he said nothing about the basis of the protests – police murders of African-Americans. There’s no reason for the protesters to stop until something is being done.

I don’t support vandalism and looting. I totally support the peaceful protests. You can make an argument that peaceful protests don’t work. Look where they got Colin Kaepernick – unemployed. Kaepernick was right then and Trump’s talk and actions have only validated his concerns.

So Trump just essentially said he was going to use the military to suppress the first amendment while encouraging his supporters to exercise the second amendment. Terrifying. This is the moment I’ve expected since J20 2017.
— baynardwoods (@baynardwoods) June 1, 2020

Police used tear gas and flash bangs to clear out peaceful protesters so Trump could have a photo op at St. John’s Church. Just amazing.
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) June 1, 2020

There is absolutely no doubt that what the @POTUS just said, and the images of the military police in moving on a peaceful crowd, will further inflame an already dangerous situation.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 1, 2020

This was a peaceful protest. And they are using tear gas. In the United States. In front of the White House.
— Jackie Kucinich (@JFKucinich) June 1, 2020

Were thousands of peaceful protestors just tear gassed so Trump could have a photo op? https://t.co/YZVC5oXXYM
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 1, 2020

Wtf. Fucktard is on tv spouting bullshit in the rose garden while he deploys federal police and military on a peaceful crowd! Made for tv moment. No questions for the law and order instigater in chief. He is declaring war on protest. This is going to be bad!#WarOnProtesters
— DreadMD (@originaldreadmd) June 1, 2020

Every fucking Democrat who voted to give Trump a humongous military budget, while claiming that he’s dangerous for the photo ops, bears some responsibility https://t.co/uirmYbW4uI
— Sarah Lazare (@sarahlazare) June 1, 2020

Newspaper editors have a choice: They don't have to use the photo that President used tear gas on his citizens to generate.
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) June 1, 2020

.@Acosta is reporting that the massive show of force (tear gas, etc.) against peaceful protestors across from the White House was to allow Trump to have a photo op at historic St. John’s church. Astonishing provocation – all for a photo op.
— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) June 1, 2020

The President had peaceful protesters shot with tear gas and rubber bullets so he could get his picture taken.
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) June 1, 2020

The right wing always blames George Soros

.@RealCandaceO claimed that George Soros and his Open Society Foundations paid to organize “chaos” in Minneapolis. The foundation says it opposes violence and has never paid protesters. https://t.co/OQSoKtcnOo
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) June 1, 2020

Soros didn’t kneel on George Floyd’s neck until he died. https://t.co/pDcxOaR4aP
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) June 1, 2020

More on where to buy masks online

.@reviewed compiled 55 retailers who are selling face masks online, in many varieties. https://t.co/TLQn70VZuE
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 28, 2020

Police shootings of African-Americans lead to worse mental health for the community

“We found that every police shooting of an unarmed African American led to worse mental health, not just for the family, but for the entire African American community in the state” says David Williams, co-author of a study which shows the impact of police killings on communities. pic.twitter.com/9wpOBK2pYp
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 1, 2020

Trump’s attacks on the press have resulted in physical attacks by police

U.S. police have attacked journalists at least 100 times in the past four days https://t.co/H3UP37TXUp
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) June 1, 2020

I researched countless protests for my first book. I’ve written about many since. I think it’s safe to say that we’ve never seen the widespread, deliberate targeting of journalists by police that we’ve seen over the last few days. Something has changed.
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) June 1, 2020

Detroit News reporter handcuffed, other journalists report conflicts with police https://t.co/yBzO9ffTZU via ⁦@detroitnews⁩
— ChristineFerretti_DN (@cferretti_dn) June 1, 2020

@tylergabriel_ is a reporter with @WSJ. He is also a young black man and he was assaulted despite having done everything he was supposed to: Had his press badge out, hands up. @NYCMayor @NYPDShea why are officers attacking reporters? He was doing his damn job. https://t.co/xg2cea8i89
— Jan Ransom (@Jan_Ransom) June 1, 2020

US Press Freedom Tracker says that they have so far documented at least 100 different “incidents of aggression” against the media over the weekend, but more from today have yet to be counted. There have been more than 60 assaults of journalists, per the group.
— Ted Johnson (@tedstew) June 1, 2020

I’ve never seen so many incidents with police and reporters simultaneously in different cities. Tension between cops and reporters is nothing new. Aggression on reporters in multiple locations nationally at same time is something different. https://t.co/SA5s1Wy3DP
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2020

Per @MarquardtA, a CNN photojournalist shooting the chaotic scene near the WH was hit in the leg by a police officer with a baton even after showing his press credentials
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 1, 2020

"The norms have broken down": Shock as journalists are arrested, injured by police while trying to cover protests https://t.co/U3kRtwiF6G
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 31, 2020

What Trump has done "the last four years of encouraging people to hate the press, 'enemy of the people,' 'scum of the earth,' using those rallies… it's a large factor in the attacks on press that we're seeing on the streets today," @DavidZurawik asserts https://t.co/M6WGhWxsWa
— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) June 1, 2020

The Trump factor, with its vicious enemy-of-the-people name calling, must not be ignored in understanding rising tide of attacks on members of press covering protests. https://t.co/KRMS4TguG0
— David Zurawik (@davidzurawik) June 1, 2020

Unable to cover #Minneapolis story after ⁦@latimes ⁦@mollyhf⁩ & I + other #journalists attacked by #MinnesotaStatePolice ⁦@GovTimWalz⁩ apologizes during press conference. pic.twitter.com/gOFJUkIuNg
— Carolyn Cole (@Carolyn_Cole) May 31, 2020

The moment Minneapolis police and state troopers stormed the Stop-N-Shop and trained their weapons on property owners and #journalists, pepper spraying @vicenews correspondent @MichaelAdams317 while he’s lying on the ground, Press ID above his head. pic.twitter.com/ZBcrASSn9U
— Roberto Daza (@rsdaza) May 31, 2020

My timeline is full of reporters who were assaulted by police after properly identifying themselves yesterday. Hard to think this unprecedented behavior is unrelated to Trump’s consistent attacks on the press. https://t.co/ExxD2cGgUi
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 31, 2020

Shock as journalists are arrested, injured by police while trying to cover the story https://t.co/FBWmbuBvkf
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 1, 2020

Trump’s terrible call with governors

He abdicates responsibility

He says nothing (as far as I read) about the real issue of police brutality against African-Americans that caused the protest

He blames the governors

His law and order pitch sounds like Nixon which is not a compliment

Trump should just shut up

Trump’s words to America’s Governor’s are not the words of an American President. They are the words of a thug and autocrat who despises our countries most sacred ideas and ideals. Trump is the author of unprecedented American weakness. Chaos, disease, death and economic collapse
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) June 1, 2020

President Trump, who has pardoned a number of his political allies, suggests that those protesting racial injustice in America get put in jail for 10 years. https://t.co/EsmEfOa5el
— Matt Viser (@mviser) June 1, 2020

Trump is quick to rule out that white supremacist groups have played any role in the violent demonstrations https://t.co/oSSFsWTvR5
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 1, 2020

Trump has no basis to say this

Here is transcript of a testy exchange between the president and @GovPritzker of Illinois, per person on call. pic.twitter.com/fNYW8BXkMs
— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) June 1, 2020

A sign of how tense this moment is.@GovJanetMills tells the sitting president his trip to Maine this week may “cause security problems for our state”

Trump fires back that he expects "a tremendous crowd of people showing up”

"They like their president," Trump says of Mainers
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) June 1, 2020

Trump is only the president of his cult.

The president who has spent the last few weeks condemning the overreach of FISA wants government to track people arrested during the protests. https://t.co/wCSKkYiOBT
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2020

Gov Pritzker confronting Trump on call per source: “I have been extraordinarily concerned with the rhetoric coming out of the WH making it worse. People are feeling real pain out there. We have to have national leadership in calling for calm.”
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 1, 2020

In addition to Tiananmen Square, Trump comments to governors recall these remarks suggesting cops get rougher on detainees during a Long Island speech in 2017 https://t.co/SzZIoxxQXK
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2020

Telling that the president feels compelled, yet again, to defend the honor of white supremacists. https://t.co/EDkysPof4T
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) June 1, 2020

They’re a major part of his base

As with COVID, potus seems at the moment to be trying outsource response to the unrest to governors. https://t.co/sQlDClBzCd
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2020

Here's the audio of that remarkable call where Trump lashes out at governors and says they need to crack down on protesters. pic.twitter.com/ANSsniYItN
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 1, 2020