In response to the civil unrest that Minneapolis has suffered this week following the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump posted an inflammatory comment on Twitter: "When the looting starts, the shooting starts." It was so explosive and incendiary that Twitter, which had already triggered Trump's ire this week, flagged and hid the post as violent content.
The phrase, however, didn't originate with Trump, and its racist origins are explained in articles for HuffPost and NBC News.
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