Police in Washington, DC, clashed with protesters Tuesday night during a rally in support President Trump
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Police said they made six arrests beginning at 9 p.m., NBC News reported, accusing several individuals of various crimes, including carrying an unlicensed firearm, possession of unregistered ammunition and possession of a firearm. unregistered fire. Some protesters were also accused of assaulting a police officer, the network reported.
Photographs and videos taken near the city’s newly minted Black Lives Matter Square show police using pepper spray on protesters, some of whom are seen pushing officers and shouting at them.
Several people appear to be injured or bleeding as a result of the crash north of the White House grounds.
Chaotic scene in BLM Plaza as police clash with Trump supporters trying to rush #DC #Washington dc # 6 January pic.twitter.com/wjGsUSaCWH
– Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
This is madness we need #DCStatehood for all we hold! #dcprotest pic.twitter.com/4XR6gchYSt
– B (@BenjOgdenLord) January 6, 2021
There is a fight between BLM and Trump Supporters, which ends with a ton of pepper spray from the police.
Washington DC, Freedom PlazaVideo of @ yyeeaboiii (FNTV https://t.co/KCfJ0kwvkq) [email protected] for licenses pic.twitter.com/PmI0Sn1osl
– @SCOOTERCASTER (FNTV) (@ScooterCasterNY) January 6, 2021
DC police use pepper spray on Trump supporters after another fight breaks out. pic.twitter.com/Q5BLqQUHiU
– Julio Roses (@ Julio_Rosas11) January 6, 2021
Hundreds gathered for an event called “March for Trump / Save America” earlier in the day, and thousands more were expected to gather near the Capitol Building on Wednesday before Congress vote to certify the election result. presidential elections.
DC police and federal authorities have said in recent days that they are monitoring the presence of extremist groups among the crowds that are expected to attend demonstrations in the country’s capital this week. The National Guard has been deployed to the district as a precaution.
Earlier in the week, the leader of the Proud Boys, an extremist hate group, was arrested by DC police and charged with vandalizing a historically black church in the city during a previous protest.