The ABC News tweet linked to an Associated Press story that mentioned the violence in the opening paragraph. Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Oakland, smashing windows of the city’s police headquarters and setting a fire inside the Alameda County courthouse, according to reports. ABC News’ description of the event sparked outrage on social media, as the Disney-owned news operation appeared to downplay the violence. “A tweet for the ages, and sums up the state of the media in our country,” the Reagan Battalion wrote. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPMany took to Twitter to mock ABC News' tweet:Fox News’ Dom Calicchio contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News July 27, 2020 15:45 UTC