I'm wondering if this should now be considered a British politics thread.
So goes everything on Mudcat these days.

We haven't had much violence in the USA protests recently. Tweet by @RoguePOTUSStaff:

Lafayette Square is closed to frustrate, deflect, and deter protesters, and to shield the President from exposure to them. No other reason. There are no riots. There is on security issue. It is solely an act suppress exercise of the first amendment.

I don't like that they've closed off the square, but I like that the protesters are getting to him.