And yet the protest being held in his name show no signs of fading. Across the country, the front pages once again tell the story of a nation on a knifes edge. On monday, the president insisted that state and local officials needed to, quote, dominate the protests or risk looking weak. We need to remember that the vast majority of these protests have been peaceful. Hundreds of thousands of people turned out in city after city to march and hold signs demanding justice for george. Yet there were pockets of chaos, absolute chaos after dark. Police officers were shot in las vegas and st. Louis. Widespread looting was reported across new york, despite a curfew put in place last night. All of this came after the president spent the entire day threatening to use more aggressive tactics against law breakers. He said he was an ally of those looking for justice for george floyd. But when it came to washington, d. C. , authorities there used rubber bullets and tear gas, not on a mob of looters bu
I am terrible at fishing. But it worked for me this time even in the snow. Yes, this little guy went right back in after kindly posing for this picture. Im very thankful for his visit to me this weekend. I am thankful to have had a few days off around the thanksgiving holiday. Very thankful. If you got days off, i hope you are thankful, too. If you did get some days off and part of what you did was you dropped out of the news cycle, i should say there is one very big story that you might think ended before thanksgiving but it really didnt. It didnt end last week. It has rolled right through the long weekend into today and now looks like there is no telling when or if its going to end any time soon. This is the st. Louis galleria mall which is located in richmond heights, missouri. And this is what that mall looked like the day after thanksgiving. This past friday on the biggest shopping day of the year. On black friday, hundreds of protesters marched through that mall. Made their way t
hour. closed between 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. some of the stores in that mall in the chesterfield mall remained shut all night. but it wasn t just the st. louis area, on friday, this was new york city also on friday. you saw those big protests earlier in the week in new york city. they kept going. protesters marched in times square and to harrold square. harrold square from the macy s thanksgiving day parade where the big macy s store is that you see in the parade coverage. hundreds of protesters gathered in front of that giant macy s. smo protesters got arrested. others wound their way through traffic. some protesters were arrested in new york, including some outside that big macy s store. on the west coast on friday, in oakland, a group of protesters, arms here look like they re bound. a group of protefrts targeting b.a.r.t., the san francisco bay