He’s scheduled to present the testimony at a hearing investigating the incident before the House Committee on Natural Resources. The account by DeMarco, who was the senior National Guard officer on the scene, contradicts Barr, who has insisted that anti-racism protesters were violent and deserved gassing and physical assault by law enforcement that evening. DeMarco said that the legally required warnings to demonstrators to disperse were “barely audible” and apparently not heard by protesters. Milley later called his participation in the president’s photo-op a “mistake.” He added: “I should not have been there. @PressSec says law enforcement cleared protesters from Lafayette Square “peaceably” ahead of Trump’s walk: pic.twitter.com/Yd017XXtUm — Will Steakin (@wsteaks) June 3, 2020

Source: Huffington Post July 28, 2020 03:27 UTC