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Late last month, as the protests over the horrific police killing of George Floyd devolved into riots and looting, rioters attacked CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. After the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in an Atlanta Wendy’s parking lot last Friday, rioters torched the Wendy’s. It appears CNN took precautions to protect its headquarters.

CNN has put up a fence outside its HQ after the building was attacked during the riots in Atlanta a few weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/Mdabg9qmiM

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 19, 2020

This defense from riots seems rather hypocritical, considering the many times CNN hosts carried water for the destructive riots.

On June 2, CNN host Chris Cuomo said, “Show me where it says protesters are supposed to be peaceful.” Among others, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany replied by pointing to the First Amendment: “Well, I point him to the First Amendment where it says you have the right to ‘peaceably assemble.’ He should go back and read the Constitution.”

On May 30, CNN host Don Lemon suggested the riots would be a “mechanism,” giving activists the chance to “restructure … our country.”

CNN reporter Sara Sidner, in seeking to explain the rioting, arguably ended up excusing it.

read more here: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2020/06/19/cnn-sets-up-fence-to-defend-atlanta-hq-while-hosts-carry-water-for-rioters-n555487