https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/protests-over-george-floyds-death-spread-across-us-live-updates/ar-BB14KP19?ocid=spartanntp&pfr=1
"Trump suggests protesters could be shot, and Twitter says the president violated its rules.
"Twitter said early Friday that a tweet from President Trump suggesting that protesters in Minneapolis could be shot violated the company’s rules against 'glorifying violence,' in a move that threatens to escalate tensions between Mr. Trump and his favorite social media megaphone over its content policies.
"The company prevented users from viewing Mr. Trump’s message without first reading a brief notice describing the rule violation. Twitter also blocked users from liking or replying to Mr. Trump’s post.
"But Twitter did not take the message down, saying it was in the public interest for the president’s words remain accessible.
"And on Friday morning, the official White House Twitter account posted a tweet that copied the words of Mr. Trump’s earlier post. The White House post was also flagged by Twitter for violating its policies.
"Mr. Trump’s tweet about the Minneapolis protests echoed a comment by Walter E. Headley, the Miami police chief who attracted national attention in the late 1960s for using shotguns, dogs and other heavy-handed policies to fight crime in the city’s black neighborhoods.
"Mr. Headley announced a 'get tough' campaign in a December 1967 news conference that prompted angry reactions from black leaders, The New York Times reported at the time.
"'We haven’t had any serious problems with civil uprising and looting,' he said, 'because I’ve let the word filter down that when the looting starts, the shooting starts.'
“'We don’t mind being accused of police brutality,' Mr. Headley also said at that news conference. 'They haven’t seen anything yet.'”
