WATCH: Reporters Object to Minnesota Police Chief’s Use of ‘Riot’ in Press Conference

Reporters loudly objected to the use of the word “riot” by a Minnesota police chief after his officers were assaulted and injured by bricks, rocks, and frozen soda cans, he explained. The chief defended the term by describing the incidents encountered by officers at the station Sunday night. “Just so everybody is clear, I was front and center at the protest, at the riot,” Brooklyn, Minnesota, Police Chief Tim Gannon told reporters during a press conference Monday. His response came to a question from reporters about why he authorized the use of gas canisters following the issuance of a dispersal order.-- More...

Brooklyn Center Police Chief Gannon: "I was front and center... at the riot."

Reporter: "There was no riot."

Gannon: "There was... the officers that were putting themselves in harm's way were being pelted with frozen cans of pop, they were being pelted with concrete blocks." pic.twitter.com/aM5rfjYpxx

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 12, 2021