Violence spreads as Trump faces anger for ordering force

WASHINGTON: Violence and looting spread on Tuesday to more US cities as President Donald Trump faced heated criticism for using force outside the White House to dispel peaceful demonstrators against racial injustice. Once-in-a-generation protests have brought a multiracial and overwhelmingly peaceful coalition into the streets for the past week but each night has descended into mayhem, with both activists and officials blaming rabble-rousers. Some of New York’s most storied shopping streets were ransacked late on Monday, including the Macy’s flagship outlet, while four police officers were shot in St Louis, long a hotbed of racial tensions. But there was relative calm in Minneapolis, where...