"The USPP operations commander said the attorney general asked him, 'Are these people still going to be here when POTUS comes out?'" according to the report. Park Police operations commander on the scene.Īsked about the exchange, the operations commander told the watchdog's team he warned Barr the area was unsafe and asked him to move away from the crowd. Trump's walk from the White House, as Barr was spotted speaking with the U.S. Video footage and news reports from June 1 raised questions about the events leading up to Mr. Then-Attorney General Bill Barr said the protesters were removed from the park to expand the security perimeter around the White House, a move that was planned before Mr. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House on Monday, June 1, 2020. President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. The then-president delivered brief remarks outside the church and then held up a Bible as photos of the impromptu visit were taken. "These weaknesses in communication and coordination may have contributed to confusion during the operation and the use of tactics that appeared inconsistent with the incident commander's operational plan."
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"We found that the USPP and the Secret Service did not use a shared radio channel to communicate, that the USPP primarily conveyed information orally to assisting law enforcement entities, that an assisting law enforcement entity arrived late and may not have received a full briefing on the rules of engagement, and that several law enforcement officers could not clearly hear the incident commander's dispersal warnings," the report says. Park Police and law enforcement agencies brought in to assist during the demonstrations, which were sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Additionally, the report states there were communication issues between U.S. Park Police used a "sound amplifying long-range acoustic device" to issue three warnings telling the crowd to disperse, though acknowledged not all could hear the warning, and some police units began moving to clear protesters before the third and final warning was given. John's Church," the report from the Interior Department's inspector general states. "The evidence we obtained did not support a finding that the USPP cleared the park to allow the president to survey the damage and walk to St. Trump would potentially be leaving the White House and crossing Lafayette Park until "mid-to late afternoon" on June 1, hours after the contractor had arrived to begin installation, according to the report.
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Park Police had the authority to clear the park and surrounding areas, and did so to allow a contractor to install anti-scale fencing after several nights of violent clashes. The watchdog, which examined the incident that occurred June 1, 2020, during protests against racial injustice and police brutality in Washington, D.C., instead found the U.S. Washington - The Interior Department's inspector general said in a report released Wednesday that evidence it obtained "did not support a finding" that federal authorities forcibly cleared protesters from Lafayette Park last year so then-President Trump could walk from the White House and pose for a photo outside the historic St.
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