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Published 16:47 24 Sep 2020 GMT
Earlier today, President Donald Trump and his wife Melania went to the Supreme Court building to pay their respects to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last Friday at the age of 87.
During the appearance, crowds booed the president shouting “vote him out” and “honor her wish”, HuffPost reported.
All the while, the president and Melania, whose faces were covered by masks, stood silently at the top of the steps to view Ginsburg's coffin.
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Per HuffPost, Ginsburg's dying wish was dictated by her granddaughter Clara Spera. She said it was her “most fervent wish ... that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.”
That wish was referenced by the anti-Trump crowds today who want the president out of office before Ginsburg's successor is appointed.
As reported by the Daily Mail, Trump is expected to go forward with the confirmation process and name a replacement on Saturday at the White House. The individual is expected to be a conservative.
The publication also states that President Trump and Melania were at the court for 11 minutes before they made their way back to the White House.
Crowds on the sidewalk also chanted in support of justice for Breonna Taylor as the Trumps' motorcade returned to the White House.
Protests broke out in cities (including New York, Chicago, Washington DC, Louisville, Nashville, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and Philadelphia) after the decision that no Kentucky officer would be charged with killing Taylor in a botched police raid on her apartment, per CNN.
The publication states that Brett Hankison, one of the three officers involved in Taylor's death, was indicted on first-degree wanton endangerment charges for firing into a neighbor's apartment in Louisville. The other two officers who also fired shots during the raid were not indicted.
Charles Ramsey, the former Philadelphia police commissioner, and former Washington DC, police chief, told CNN that he agreed with the grand jury's decision.
"I do believe the one officer should have been charged -- what he did was reckless and certainly criminal. The other two officers, however, that were actually making entry into the apartment, I agree they should not have been charged criminally," Ramsey told CNN.
