"That is not dramatization; that is fact. That is exactly what happened."
"Well, your assessment was totally off."
"Of course, you are going to meet with violent resistance. You threw pepper balls and you were batoning people."
"So, this is all one big coincidence that at that point, this is when the violent resistance had finally swelled..."
"Your story isn't factual."
"On June 1, by your testimony, you had largely peaceful protesters up until the time you actually forcibly tried to remove them."
"Did you have any conversations with Attorney General Barr on site?"
"But de-escalating the violence does not mean sending men swinging their batons and using pepper spray or CS gas."
"But why didn't you? It actually makes more logical sense for you to wait until 7 p.m."
"Who ordered the clearing on June 1? Who told the men to advance?"
"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 ..."