But why didn't you? It actually makes more logical sense for you to wait until 7 p.m.

So, this is all one big coincidence that at that point, this is when the violent resistance had finally swelled...

Thank you for participating in the Black Lives Matter protests, because it does matter.

But de-escalating the violence does not mean sending men swinging their batons and using pepper spray or CS gas.

This was unlawful. Any officer could have seen that the Australian journalists were, in fact, journalists.

The bottom line is the rightful demonstrations that we are witnessing in the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black lives taken by the police should never have been met with the deadly force from law…

Your story isn't factual.

Tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war, and it should never again be used against demonstrators, but especially not during a pandemic.

That is not dramatization; that is fact. That is exactly what happened.

Did you have any conversations with Attorney General Barr on site?

Talk about defund the police. Republicans in Congress were eager to do exactly that.

Of course, you are going to meet with violent resistance. You threw pepper balls and you were batoning people.

Who ordered the clearing on June 1? Who told the men to advance?

the only reason you would actually move in that manner is for pure intimidation, which is not the purpose of a deterrent front

Today, we will examine the detrimental effects that the proposed mining operations will have on tribal historical, cultural, and sacred sites located in Southeastern Arizona.

In your testimony, you also mention specifically that the DEIS fails to fully analyze the fact that Resolution Copper has planned to pump 250 billion gallons of water for its proposed mines.

isn't the obligation of the Federal Government, then, to protect it, in your opinion, or is there an obligation for them to do that?

I am writing to express my deepest gratitude for your actions to protect Oak Flat from irreparable environmental and cultural impacts.

As a former miner, could you please give us your views on the decision to approve panel caving without analyzing other methods in full detail?

Unfortunately, the destruction of those sacred sites is not a unique case.

We are here again today to discuss a disregard for the rights of Native Americans and the destruction of their sacred sites.

We are here again today to discuss the disregard for the rights of Native Americans and the destruction of their sacred sites--this time for the construction of a new dangerous and destructive copper mine near the town of Superior, Arizona.

All in all, this mine is an environmental and human rights disaster in the making, and the land exchange should not be allowed to move forward.

the land this mine would destroy includes the Chi'chil Bildagoteel Historic District, known more broadly by its English translation, 'Oak Flat.'

We ask you to carefully consider and keep this in mind as this process continues.