PROTESTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The forceful removal of demonstrators from a park near the White House minutes before President Donald Trump walked to a Washington church may become a defining event of Trump’s presidency.
U.S. and military police drove protesters out of Lafayette Square, located between the White House and the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, shortly before a presidential photo op with a Bible at the church on June 1.
Images of the confrontation further divided a nation already reeling from days of protests, some violent. The demonstrations followed the death of George Floyd, 46, an African American man who died May 25 after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground with a knee on his neck for more than 8 minutes.”
-Karl Gelles, Veronica Bravo, and George Petras, “How police pushed aside protesters ahead of Trump’s controversial church photo,” usatoday.com, June 11, 2020