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US AG Barr tells Congress violent US protests must be stopped – Al Jazeera English
Agitators use lasers, slingshots, fireworks and kerosene against US officers defending US courthouse, Barr says.
United States Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday defended the harsh tactics of federal law enforcement against anti-racism protests in US cities and denied accusations he intervened in criminal cases to help President Donald Trump’s allies.
“These peaceful protests in many places are being hijacked by a very hardcore group of instigators, violent instigators,” Barr said in his first appearance before the US House of Representatives since taking office in February 2019.
“They become viole…
