Protests broke out near the White House Saturday, with demonstrators pushing down multiple security barricades and some clashing with police, according to multiple reports.
WTOP reporter Alejandro Alvarez shared video from the scene Saturday, showing protesters pushing against a crowd of police officers.
Barricades have fallen to the west of the White House and the crowd is surging forward, once again coming face-to-face with Secret Service whove moved into formation and raised their riot shieldsa few stained yellow from eggs just thrown. pic.twitter.com/B0AMIk8aMZ
Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) May 30, 2020
Insanity outside the White House. Three warnings of an unlawful assembly from the Secret Service before storming into the crowd.
A lot of people have been hit with paper spray. In all the chaos, at least one person was tossed to the ground and presumably arrested. pic.twitter.com/Ab2eSkq9CS
Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) May 30, 2020
Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisThe Memo: Trump ratchets up Twitter turmoilBiden: ‘More than one African American woman’ being considered for VPKlobuchar on defense as Floyd death puts spotlight on recordMORE (D-Calif.) shared video of the protest earlier Saturday, in which protesters can be heard chanting, Hands up, dont shoot!
People are in pain. We must listen. pic.twitter.com/5PJ9gqyu1q
Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) May 30, 2020
Protests have erupted nationwide over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died earlier this week in police custody after bystander video showed an officer kneeling on his neck.
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