(Pooja Dubey, Intern Journalist) US President Donald Trump said violent protesters after the death of African American George Floyd did not leave the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Washington DC. He called the protesters a group of thugs.
Significantly, on May 25, White Pulicer Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis, smashed a 46-year-old black Floyd on the ground with handcuffs and held his neck with a knee for about eight minutes, killing him. Violent demonstrations started across the country after the video of the incident went viral. In this sequence, some incidents of sabotage, looting, and arson also occurred in the whole country.
The President referred to the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Washington, which was targeted during a nationwide protest by unknown mischievous elements.
He said, he also had Gandhi. Gandhi wants only one thing, that is peace. right? We have peace, and his statue was dropped. We don’t like them. I don’t think they will realize what they are doing.
Trump said I believe that it was just a group of thugs. You want to know the truth. I believe it was a group of thugs. The President told his listeners that he had signed an executive order that provided 10 years of imprisonment for such mischievous elements.
He does not even talk about the demolition of idols. The Indian embassy has restored the statue with the help of the National Park Police and the US State Department.
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