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Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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In this April 27, 2017, photo, a police officer wears a newly issued body camera in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

Tim Scott introduces the George Floyd-Walter Scott Notification Act

Sen. Tim Scott, South Carolina Republican, has reintroduced the Walter Scott Notification Act, legislation he introduced in 2015 following Walter Scott's death in a police encounter. The bill requires states that receive federal funding for law enforcement to report specific details of such events.

June 8, 2020
FILE - This Jan. 29, 2010 file photo, the Hollywood sign sits near the top of Beachwood Canyon adjacent to Griffith Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles. Locals and tourists alike appreciate the Hollywood sign, so why not build another? That's one of the suggestions from a study seeking ways to ease frustration about traffic near the world famous sign in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Inside the Beltway: Gavin Newsom releases Hollywood from quarantine

When the coronavirus pandemic first took hold of the nation, Hollywood's creative types wondered how long it would be before they could build the health crisis into plots for TV shows and movies. Then came the production shut-downs which affected all broadcast and cable networks and film companies; late night talk, soap operas, game shows, dramas, comedies -- all ground to a halt.

June 7, 2020
This photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange shows the unoccupied NYSE trading floor, closed temporarily for the first time in 228 years as a result of coronavirus concerns, Tuesday March 24, 2020. Global stocks and U.S. futures declined Thursday after the U.S. Senate approved a proposed $2.2 trillion virus aid package following a delay over its details and sent the measure to the House of Representatives. (Kearney Ferguson/NYSE via AP) **FILE**

Inside the Beltway: The stock market soars amid riots and pandemic

It is an odd and telling political moment. Former presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and former White House advisor David Axelrod were among those who recently went to social media and shared an image of a darkened White House as riots raged in 147 cities around the nation. They clearly suggested that President Trump was within, doing nothing to quell the crisis.

June 3, 2020
ABC, CBS and NBC devoted a combined total of 59 seconds of coverage of Sunday's attack on St. John's Church in the District. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Television networks push outrage over Trump, not the burning of a church

In a time of national emergency, the major broadcast networks continue to undermine President Trump and his administration as they try to quell continuing public unrest over the death of George Floyd. Case in point: ABC, CBS and NBC devoted a combined total of 69 seconds of coverage pertaining to the attack on historic St. John's Church, which stands just across Lafayette Park from the White House. The structure had been set afire, defaced and vandalized by protesters Sunday night.

June 2, 2020
A woman wearing a mask due to coronavirus concerns, looks at a smashed storefront window in Boston's Downtown Crossing, Monday, June1, 2020. A march in Boston Sunday to protest the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, turned violent after dark. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Inside the Beltway: Caution: The headline version of riots

There is no doubt that George Floyd's death and the riots which followed in 147 cities nationwide proved to be a deeply disturbing series of events for every American, and likely for those in other nations which consider the U.S. to be the bulwark of freedom and sanity.

June 1, 2020
The Society of Professional Journalists is now asking police and protesters to not target or intimidate journalists “trying to do their jobs.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Inside the Beltway: Interest group calls for protection of journalists on riot duty

Journalists have been in harm's way before. They were embedded with the U.S. military in recent wartime conflicts, most notably in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some 800 journalists went to Afghanistan in fact, toting gas masks and learning to report on that war for better or worse. Some members of the media were asked by the Pentagon to attend a military-style boot camp to prepare them to cover a war in Iraq, this after troops complained of having to wait for "flabby, unfit journalists to keep up with them," noted The Guardian in 2002.

May 31, 2020
A bowl of stickers for those taking advantage of early voting in Steubenville, Ohio. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Inside the Beltway: Biden has ‘reelected’ Trump

Democratic presidential hopeful Joseph R. Biden's "you ain't black" remark to black voters who would consider voting for President Trump -- uttered four days ago in an interview with nationally syndicated radio host Charlamagne tha God -- is still rattling the political landscape and prompting some to suggest Mr. Trump could benefit, despite Mr. Biden later apology.

May 25, 2020