Tweets "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" amid George Floyd protests

As protests erupted in Minneapolis over the murder of George Floyd, Trump threatened military intervention and tweeted "when the looting starts, the shooting starts," a phrase originating from a segregationist 1960s police chief. The tweet was flagged by Twitter for glorifying violence. It signaled Trump's strategy of meeting civil rights protests with overwhelming force and racially charged rhetoric.

"When the looting starts, the shooting starts." — Twitter, May 29, 2020