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Barr, Park Police distance Trump from clearing of protesters

by Associated Press
| July 28, 2020 1:06 PM

The head of U.S. Park Police insisted Tuesday that the forceful routing of protesters from the square in front of the White House last month had “zero correlation” with President Donald Trump's staged photo event minutes later. But he was unable to point to any immediate threat that justified his officers' sudden, violent drive against the hundreds gathered there.

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