President Donald Trump holds press conference at Rose Garden

President Donald Trump speaking in the White House Rose Garden on May 29, 2020. (WSLS 10)

President Donald Trump will hold a press conference at the Rose Garden Friday afternoon amid unrest in Minnesota following the death of George Floyd.

The press conference will be streamed live in this article.

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Trump’s comments come after protesters torched a Minneapolis police station on Thursday night, capping three days of searing demonstrations over the death Floyd, who was captured on video pleading for air as a white police officer knelt on his neck.

The officer, Derek Chauvin was taken into custody Friday. He will be charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.