News Roundup 6/5/20

by | Jun 5, 2020

News Roundup 6/5/20

by | Jun 5, 2020

News Roundup from The Libertarian Institute by Kyle Anzalone

George Floyd Protests

  • Minneapolis is considering a number of proposals to restructure the city’s police force including stripping money from the police. Another proposal called for disbanding the police. [Link]
  • Customs and Border Patrol used an unarmed Predator drone to surveil the Minneapolis George Floyd protests. [Link]
  • There are now 4,500 National Guardsmen in DC. [Link]
  • Secretary of Defense Esper sends troops who were deployed to outside DC on standby back to their home base. [Link]

US News

  • An American, who was held in Iran for nearly two years, has been freed. [Link] The return of the American was a part of a prisoner swap with Iran. [Link]
  • The US sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait. [Link]

Israel

  • Israeli airstrikes killed nine people in Syria. [Link]

About Kyle Anzalone

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman.

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