After a night of unrest in Minneapolis, Trump tweets that ‘when the looting starts, the shooting starts,’ prompting Twitter to affix a warning label to the message for violating ‘Twitter Rules about glorifying violence.’
Protestors in Minneapolis on Thursday night (Photo by Jordan Strowder/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Hours after President Trump signed an executive order intended to crack down on Twitter and other social media sites that place warnings on his more inflammatory posts, Twitter on Thursday added a warning label to another Trump tweet, this one suggesting that protesters in Minneapolis should be shot.
“These THUGS are dishonoring the memory of George Floyd, and I won’t let that happen. Just spoke to Governor Tim Walz and told him that the Military is with him all the way. Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts. Thank you!” Trump posted around 1 a.m. ET this morning.
If you come upon this tweet in your timeline or on Trump’s feed, however, you’ll see a warning label: “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.” Click it to see the tweet.
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Floyd is a black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer placed his knee on the man’s neck during an arrest and refused to stop even as Floyd said he could not breathe and bystanders begged the officer to let him up.
