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Protesters demonstrating outside the White House early Saturday morning turned on a Fox News reporter who was covering the protests live on air. Fox News reporter Leland Vittert was reporting outside the White House in Lafayette Park when he and his crew were surrounded and attacked, Fox News reported. The incident occurred just before 1 a.m., and was captured on video by the Daily Caller. One protester lunged at Vittert, who was reporting live on air, according to Fox News. The tense situation quickly escalated, forcing the Fox News crew to rush out of the park. Dozens of protesters then chased the crew. Vittert and his crew were allegedly punched and hit with various projectiles. One protester even broke the news camera when they attempted to steal it. Another protester stole Vittert’s microphone, and then threw it at him. Protesters shouted, “F**k Fox News! F**k Fox News!” Vittert has reported from literal war zones — but he said Saturday morning was one of the “scariest” mom...

Multiple staffers for Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign have reportedly donated to an organization in Minneapolis that pays bail fees — a report that comes as the city has been ravaged by violent riots. “At least 13 Biden campaign staff members posted on Twitter on Friday and Saturday that they made donations to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which opposes the practice of cash bail, or making people pay to avoid pre-trial imprisonment,” Reuters reported. “The group uses donations to pay bail fees in Minneapolis.” Reuters said that the Biden campaign “declined to answer questions on whether the donations were coordinated within the campaign, underscoring the politically thorny nature of the sometimes violent protests.” Biden spokesperson Andrew Bates told Reuters that Biden opposes cash bail because he thinks it is “modern day debtors prison.” In response to Reuters’ report, the Trump campaign unloaded on the Biden campaign in a lengthy statement: Reuters reports th...

[WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT] A journalist with a local news publication in South Carolina tweeted out a video on Saturday of a young man with a red hat who was allegedly attacked by a large mob. News 19 WLTX reporter Miranda Parnell was in Columbia, South Carolina, reporting on what started out as protests but descended into violence. One video that she posted to Twitter showed a man who she says came to the area with a red hat and who then can be seen getting chased out of the area and allegedly attacked by a large unruly mob. WATCH: The reporter posted a separate tweet noting the apparent location that she was reporting from: Columbia, South Carolina. Parnell later said that she had to go to the hospital after she was hit in the head with a rock and started bleeding. Columbia,SC. May 30, 2020. #GeorgeFloyd @wis10 pic.twitter.com/w1jEoGJXKM — Miranda Parnell WIS (@miranda_parnell) May 30, 2020 On Saturday night, News 19 WLTX reported that law enforcement offi...

Journalist Andy Ngô reported Sunday that a mob had knocked a man unconscious, then kicked him as he lay bleeding in the street, after he tried to help another man who had been assaulted after bringing the U.S. flag to a Portland protest. The violence erupted among a mostly white crowd at a protest against racial injustice following the death last week of George Floyd, an African American man who died in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The officer, Derek Chauvin, who knelt for several minutes on Floyd’s neck has since been arrested and charged with third-degree murder. Ngô documented the moment when the mob assaulted the older man carrying the American flag on Saturday: The caption for Ngô’s YouTube video reads: “On 30 May 2020, a man brought an American flag to the antifa/BLM protest (later riot) in Portland. He is confronted and then sucker-punched by a man wearing a “F— Trump” shirt. The mob rushed in to beat him. He never let go of the flag. Portland Police did not hel...

President Trump on Sunday said Antifa, the anti-fascist group that has been involved in street protests for years and whom federal officials say is behind the violent clashes occurring in cities over the last several days, will be designated as a “terrorist organization.” “The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization,” Trump wrote on Twitter. He offered no other details. The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2020 The move followed several Trump administration officials asserting that ANTIFA has been behind the mayhem that has followed the death of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, at the hands of Minneapolis police. “This is being driven by Antifa,” national security adviser Robert O’Brien told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “And they did it in Seattle. They have done it in Portland. They have done it in Berkeley. This is a destructive for...

There have been violent riots in Wisconsin’s capital of Madison, where a group of about 150 demonstrators threw rocks at police officers on Saturday night, according to WITI-TV. At least 75 stores were damaged or looted overnight. Despite the bedlam and property damage, the Madison Police Department only made three arrests. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel politics and statehouse reporter Patrick Marley tweeted, “Police chief says they aren’t arresting people tonight.” Interim Madison Police Chief Vic Wahl said his officers stood back during the protests. While Madison didn’t do much to prevent the barrage of looting in the city, officials want citizens to know that church services of more than 50 people will absolutely not be tolerated. According to the City of Madison’s website, “Mass Gathering inside a commercial facility is permitted with fifty (50) individuals or less. Individuals must maintain physical distancing.” Wisconsin priests were reportedly warned by health officials from M...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, pinned responsibility for the violence in Minneapolis on right-wing “white supremacists” and drug cartels on Saturday. Walz, along with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter (D), also blamed the violence on out-of-state, professional agitators — not local residents. New evidence, however, show their claims are not true. According to KMSP-TV, the “overwhelming majority” of those arrested in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area over the last several days were in-state residents. The overwhelming majority of people arrested in connection with the Minneapolis unrest have Minnesota addresses, a search of the online Hennepin County Jail log shows. Of the 45 people arrested for rioting, unlawful assembly, stolen property, burglary or robbery on May 29 and May 30 so far, 38 had Minnesota addresses, according to publicly available jail records reviewed by FOX 9. In fact, KMSP reported that only six of those arrested h...

President Donald Trump declared on Sunday that Antifa would be designated as a terrorist organization. In a tweet, Trump wrote, “The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization.” The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2020 Trump also wrote, “Other Democrat run Cities and States should look at the total shutdown of Radical Left Anarchists in Minneapolis last night. The National Guard did a great job, and should be used in other States before it is too late!” Other Democrat run Cities and States should look at the total shutdown of Radical Left Anarchists in Minneapolis last night. The National Guard did a great job, and should be used in other States before it is too late! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2020 “Congratulations to our National Guard for the great job they did immediately upon arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last nig...

Violent protesters brutally beat a Dallas man late Saturday who was protecting businesses, leaving the victim unconscious with a twisted and mangled body. According to video captured by TheBlaze’s Elijah Schaffer, violent protesters descended on the man after he chased looters with a large sword. The man did not, however, attack the looters. The graphic footage shows more than a dozen protesters brutally beating and stomping the man, who eventually fell unconscious. One protester even beat the victim with a skateboard. “BREAKING: man critically injured at Dallas riots It appears he attempted to defend a shop with a large sword Looters ran at him, then he charged rioters They then beat him with a skateboard and stoned him with medium sized rocks I called an Ambulance and it’s on the way,” Schaffer wrote on Twitter. Video of the incident received more than 20 million views by Sunday morning. (Content Warning: The following video contains graphic footage) BREAKING: man critically i...

Two Chicago police officers were surrounded by protesters on Saturday — and then briefly dragged through the street. Video footage of the incident shows two Chicago police officers attempting to arrest a protester. However, the officers were greatly outnumbered and surrounding demonstrators quickly attacked them. The footage shows protesters hit and drag the officers, one of whom, a female officer, was dragged about 10 feet through the street. A third officer then rushed into the chaotic scene to protect his fellow officers. But the protesters also attacked him, throwing various projectiles and fluids at the officers. The “mostly peaceful protesters” are dragging cops through the streets in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/M9kP7cPlcH — Brandon Darby (@brandondarby) May 31, 2020 The mayhem only ended because peaceful demonstrators separated the violent protesters from the officers. It is not immediately clear what led up to the altercation or the specific location where it took place...

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the high court’s liberal justices to rule against a California church seeking to overturn Gov. Gavin Newsom’s limits on church attendance. The significant development received little attention due to ongoing protests and riots in cities across the U.S., sparked by the tragic death of George Floyd. In a 5-4 decision, which was handed down just before midnight, Roberts and the Supreme Court’s liberal justices ruled against South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista. The ruling upholds Newsom’s restrictions, which limit churches to 25% capacity or 100 maximum total attendees during a church service. South Bay United, which typically sees between 200-300 worshipers during its services, challenged the order by arguing that it violated their First Amendment rights. Roberts, however, disagreed. The chief justice wrote in a brief opinion that Newsom’s restrictions “appear consistent with the free exercise clause of the First Amen...

A rocket ship built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX company roared into space with two Americans on board on Saturday, the first time U.S. astronauts have launched from U.S. soil in nearly a decade. In a flawless liftoff and flight, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are now hurtling toward the International Space Station at more than 1,500 mph in the bullet-shaped Dragon capsule, a flight that will take 19 hours. The Falcon 9 rocket that launched them into space also returned to earth successfully. “Let’s light this candle,” Hurley said just before the rocket fired up, using a phrase uttered by astronaut Alan Shepard on America’s first human spaceflight in 1961. The last U.S. launch came in July 2011 and became the final mission of NASA’s space shuttle program. The SpaceX Dragon capsule is the first two-person orbital spaceflight launched from the U.S. since STS-4 in 1982. President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attended the launch. Within seconds of the launch, Elton John’s “...

During a press conference on Saturday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) stated that the “best estimate” is that 80% of the people rioting in the state are not from Minnesota. Walz said, “I want to just be very clear, as I said earlier in the week, this is not about saying, oh, this isn’t us, it’s everybody from everywhere else. We understand that the catalyst for this was Minnesotans, and Minnesotans’ inability to deal with inequality, inequities, and, quite honestly, the racism that has persisted. I am not denying that. But what we’re at right now — and we’re trying to get numbers on this. And I will try, and what I’m asking the media to help us on, we’re going to start releasing who some of these people are. And they’ll be able to start tracing that history of where they’re at and what they’re doing on the dark web and how they’re organizing. But I’m not trying to say that — I think our best estimate right now that I heard is about 20% is what we think are Minnesotans and about 80% are o...

Firefighter Kb Balla and wife Twyana are just two of the estimated hundreds of business owners in Minneapolis that had their businesses looted and destroyed by rioters this past week. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black male who died earlier this week following a disturbing arrest, broke out on Tuesday and quickly turned into mobs of violent looters and arsonists, continuing through Friday. In a local news cast, Kb Balla, who is black, was moved to tears showing reporters what was left of his set-to-be-opened sports bar, called Scores. The moving posted went viral and was even retweeted by President Donald Trump. A GoFundMe account that was started for the family saw an immediate spike in donations, hitting nearly $700,000 by Saturday afternoon. “Scores Sports Bar was LOOTED, VANDALIZED and DESTROYED 5/27/2020,” the GoFundMe said. “This black-owned business is left trying to pick up the pieces amidst mourning with the community.” “Kb Balla & his wife Twyana are ac...

There’s always that heartbreaking moment in any national moment of distress when you realize that, no, we’re not going to come together as a nation or do anything resembling that. In the case of the Monday death of George Floyd — the Minneapolis man whose passing was, unless there’s a dramatic “Law & Order”-esque plot twist in store for us, precipitated in part or in whole by a police officer putting his knee on Floyd’s neck for roughly nine minutes during an arrest as Floyd complained he couldn’t breathe — I prayed that moment would come. It was unlikely, sure, but it was a death that enraged conservatives and liberals, the political and apolitical, people of all races. We saw the video and we knew justice had to be served. If there was ever a moment where we could maybe break bread over a national tragedy, this was it. I prayed for George Floyd’s loved ones, especially his family, but most importantly, I prayed for this nation. Let this be a moment from which a modicum of heal...

A small business owner in Minnesota is reeling after the result of his life’s work was ravaged by rioters. Scores Sports Bar, a Minneapolis business owned by a man named K.B. Balla, was ransacked Wednesday night as ongoing protests turned violent. The destruction happened as demonstrations over the case of George Floyd, who was allegedly murdered by a Minneapolis Police Department officer, gradually gave way to rioting. A viral video of the encounter between Floyd and police shows an officer kneeling on the man’s neck despite repeated exclamations from bystanders — and Floyd himself — that he wasn’t able to breathe. The past few days have seen communities, businesses like Balla’s and even police stations weathering the full brunt of an angry mob. “I don’t know what we’re going to do,” Balla told a news crew. “We worked so hard to get here.” A former firefighter according to a GoFundMe set up to support him, Balla had spent his entire life savings — decades of work — to launch his...

Comedy Central host Trevor Noah is defending the looting taking place in Minneapolis and other cities across America in reaction to the death of George Floyd, saying that black people are simply reacting to how they’ve been treated by society at large. The Daily Show comedian also blamed the police for the large scale rioting and looting. “Police are looting black bodies,” he said. The comedian argued that this week’s riots really began with Amy Cooper, the Central Park dog walker who was caught on camera threatening to call the police on a black man. The video went viral and caused Cooper, who is white, to lose her executive job at the financial services company Franklin Templeton. “Amy Cooper was for many people, I think, the catalyst,” said Noah, in a nearly 20-minute YouTube monologue posted Friday in which he rambled at length about social contracts, the coronavirus, race relations, and failures of law enforcement. “I think Amy Cooper was one of the first dominoes that we saw g...

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that leftist organizations such as Antifa are responsible for the widespread rioting and looting on Friday after the death of George Floyd. “It’s ANTIFA and the Radical Left. Don’t lay the blame on others!” Trump wrote on Twitter. The president asserted that the violent protesters had nothing to do with protests of Floyd’s death after he was detained by police officers. “These are ‘Organized Groups’ that have nothing to do with George Floyd,” Trump wrote. “Sad!” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced Saturday he will activate the full National Guard to respond to the looting, rioting, and violence in Minneapolis after the city was overrun on Friday night. Walz said officials will release identities of individuals involved in organizing the riots, whom he said were using the “dark web” to plan violence. He also said the majority of violence is coming from individuals from outside the state. “I think our best estimate right now that I heard is ab...

Oh Thursday, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms delivered a fiery speech ripping into violent rioters in her city, admonishing them for disgracing the memory of George Floyd and making it clear they need to “go home” immediately. “It’s enough,” Mayor Bottoms said during a Friday press conference. “We are all angry. This hurts. This hurts everybody in this room. But what are you changing by tearing up a city? You’ve lost all credibility now. This is not how we change America. This is not how we change the world.” Protests started to pop-up across the nation on Tuesday over the death of Floyd, a black man who died after a police officer had his knee on the 46-year-old’s neck during an arrest, according to a viral video. However, things quickly turned ugly; arson, looting, and violence spiked in places like Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and, by Friday night, Atlanta. “You are disgracing our city, you are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in thi...

Minneapolis, Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey and other city officials released a statement on Thursday condemning the violence in the city but urging rioters to wear masks and practice social distancing. “While acknowledging the tremendous pain and trauma in Minneapolis, City leaders condemned the violence and widespread damage that has occurred in the city following the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis Police in south Minneapolis on May 25,” the statement said. Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) called in the Minnesota National Guard to help maintain peace, while Frey issued a declaration of local emergency. “We need to offer radical love and compassion that we all have in us,” Frey at a press conference on Thursday. “I believe in this city and I know that you do to.” City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins called for the riots to calm down. “As we stand here grieving, yet another loss of black life, I am asking my colleagues, the mayor, and anyon...

Update: Alyssa Farah, White House director of communications, said reports about the deployment were “false.” “False: off the record – title 10 not under discussion,” said Farah in an email response to the AP, which ignored her request that the statement be “off the record.” The Department of Defense instructed the Army late on Friday to ready its Military Police Corps to respond to the continued rioting in Minneapolis after Democrat officials at the state and local levels repeatedly failed to secure the city. “Trump made the request on a phone call from the Oval Office on Thursday night that included [Defense Secretary Mark] Esper, National Security Advisor Robert O’ Brien and several others. The president asked Esper for rapid deployment options if the Minneapolis protests continued to spiral out of control,” The Associated Press reported, citing senior administration sources. “The person said the military units would be deployed under the Insurrection Act of 1807, which was last ...

The College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta was vandalized and looted on Friday evening amidst a wave of demonstrations and rioting that have taken hold across the United States following the death of George Floyd earlier this week. The situation devolved over the course of the evening, with NBC News correspondent Blayne Alexander reporting multiple car fires and Fox News Atlanta reporting that people were breaking into the hall of fame downtown and taking off with “various items.” Later in the evening, Alexander posted a video of the hall of fame, where broken glass and empty coat hangers line the sidewalk. The building appears to have been vandalized from the inside, and an alarm can be heard in the background. A very tough night for downtown Atlanta. This is the College Football Hall of Fame. #AtlantaProtest pic.twitter.com/K7vt95n8lV — Blayne Alexander (@ReporterBlayne) May 30, 2020 Atlanta police confirmed to Fox News that protesters had started looting and damaging loc...

Rapper Killer Mike unloaded on CNN during a press conference on Friday night where he was speaking to the community in Atlanta in an attempt to calm riots that were going on, saying that CNN needs to “stop feeding fear and anger every day.” Killer Mike’s comments come as a fourth night of riots hits some of the larger cities in the U.S., which started earlier this week in response to the death of George Floyd. “I love CNN, I love Cartoon Network,” Killer Mike said. “But, I’d like to say to CNN right now, karma’s a mother, stop feeding fear and anger every day. Stop making people feel so fearful. Give them hope.” “I’m glad they only took down a sign and defaced a building, and they’re not killing human beings like that policeman did,” Killer Mike continued. “I’m glad they only destroyed some brick and mortar and they didn’t rip a father from a son. They didn’t rip a son from a mother, like the policeman did.” WATCH: . @KillerMike to CNN: “Stop feeding fear and anger every day. St...

A former club owner in south Minneapolis says the now-fired police officer and the black man who died in his custody this week both worked security for her club up to the end of last year. George Floyd and now-former Officer Derek Chauvin both worked security at the El Nuevo Rodeo club on Lake Street, according to Maya Santamaria. Santamaria owned the building for nearly two decades, but sold the venue within the last few months. “Chauvin was our off-duty police for almost the entirety of the 17 years that we were open,” Santamaria said. “They were working together at the same time, it’s just that Chauvin worked outside and the security guards were inside.” 5 INVESTIGATES has reached out to Chauvin’s attorney and the Minneapolis Police Department, but they could not be reached for comment at the time this story was published. Although the two overlapped working security on popular music nights within the last year, Santamaria can not say for certain they knew each other because the...

Reacting to the death of George Floyd, rapper Lil Wayne said Friday that folks need to be “very specific” when reacting to perceived injustices, warning not to blame the “entire force” or an “entire race.” Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., noted that he’s unimpressed by “hashtag” and “t-shirt” activism if you don’t actually help the person you’re claiming to get justice for. The rapper also implored activists to “know” what they’re “protesting about” before they advocate a cause. “It’s a bunch of facts that we think we know that we don’t know,” he said. “I think when we see these situations, I think we also have to understand that we have to get very specific,” Wayne told rapper Fat Joe via Instagram Live, according to Rap Up. “We have to get so specific and what I mean by that, we have to stop viewing it from such a broad view, meaning we have to stop placing the blame on the whole force and the whole everybody of a certain race or everybody with a badge.” “We ...