Washington AP (WBAP/KLIF) – The bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington is sharply criticizing President Donald Trump for staging a visit to the historic St. John’s Church across from the White House.
During Trump’s visit Monday night, he held up a Bible after authorities had cleared out peaceful protesters. The diocese of the Rev. Mariann Budde includes St. John’s, and Budde said she was “outraged” by the moment and noted that Trump didn’t pray during his visit.
Budde said the church was “completely caught off-guard” by the visit, with no sense that this it’s a sacred space to be used for sacred purposes.
Meantime, authorities in Las Vegas say an officer has been shot in Las Vegas and police are responding to another shooting as people protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said early Tuesday that the officer was shot in the area of the Las Vegas Strip and an officer was involved in a shooting in the downtown area.
#BREAKING: Metro sources confirm with @8NewsNow that an @LVMPD officer was shot in the head near @CircusVegas. This is the scene at @UMCSN right now. We’re also told that Metro Police shot someone else at the Federal Courthouse in #LasVegas, after he opened fire. #8NN pic.twitter.com/5Z3s2CdMCq
— Orko Manna (@orko_manna) June 2, 2020
Protesters have been rallying for days across the country over the death of George Floyd, who was seen on video pleading that he couldn’t breathe with a white police officer pressing his knee into his neck for several minutes before he stopped moving.
Meantime,