Over 200 Arrested as Police Use Chemicals to Disperse Anti-Trump Protestors in DC
217 Anti-Trump Protestors in Washington, DC Have Been Arrested – Police Use Chemicals to Disperse Crowds
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Follow @BuzzFeedNews for live video from anti-Trump protests … https://t.co/kBJOzDXQpj pic.twitter.com/98gy5iOCQP
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) January 20, 2017
.@BuzzFeedBen just hand delivered cameras and gas masks to our reporters in the DC protests
— David Mack (@davidmackau) January 20, 2017
Police firing non-lethal weapons on the corner of 12th and K. pic.twitter.com/UbgHpIJh6U
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) January 20, 2017
It’s chaos outside of The Washington Post building right now. Police using flash bangs and pepper spray #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/mPbIRyFqbv
— Tauhid Chappell (@TauhidChappell) January 20, 2017
Some people are lighting a makeshift bonfire outside our building #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/lv2KARYVvs
— Tauhid Chappell (@TauhidChappell) January 20, 2017
Crowd growing pretty quickly. pic.twitter.com/XqbihdF0VK
— Steven Ginsberg (@stevenjay) January 20, 2017
You can watch live below:
Or online at Buzzfeed’s Facebook page and CBS 12’s website.
UPDATE: 6:24 PM EST –
BREAKING: Washington DC police say 217 people were arrested in inauguration protests; 6 police officers injured.
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) January 20, 2017
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