Despite the spectre of violence looming over Tuesday's planned arraignment of former president Donald Trump, City of Miami officials claim that they will have everything under control on Tuesday.
Speaking at a press conference at Miami police headquarter, Mayor Francis Suarez said the city is enacting plans to "make sure that everyone has a right to peacefully express themselves and exercise their constitutional rights" in "an obviously peaceful manner".
"In our city, we obviously believe in the Constitution, and believe that people should have the right to express themselves. But we also believe in law and order. And we know that and we hope that tomorrow will be peaceful.
"We encourage people to be peaceful in demonstrating how they feel. And we're going to have the adequate forces necessary to ensure that," he said.
Mr Suarez, who is rumoured to be planning to enter the 2024 Republican presidential primary himself, declined to criticise the ex-president's rhetoric and said he has not spoken to Mr Trump to ask him to retract his calls for protest, despite the former president's history of inciting violence.
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