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Inauguration protests turn violent, car torched
[FOXNEWS] Inauguration Day protests turned violent late Friday morning, as spectators reported being attacked and a police official said demonstrators were vandalizing property and even torched a car.The police official confirmed protesters "have crow bars and are vandalizing," after demonstrators were seen smashing windows downtown, including at a local McDonald's. A separate senior law enforcement official told Fox News that at least one DC Metropolitan police officer is receiving medical treatment for an injury sustained while trying to contain protesters. The official described the officer's injury as minor. At one security checkpoint near the Capitol that was shut down for hours earlier Friday morning due to protesters, a couple from Kansas also told FoxNews.com they were attacked by demonstrators. Celeste Sollars, who said she and her husband came to town from Kansas to see the inauguration, said they were spit on and her husband was put in a chokehold by protesters. "The cops wouldn't do anything," she said, crying. "This is not how it was supposed to be -- assault is not a First Amendment right." This comes after protesters from Black Lives Matter and other groups forced the shutdown early Friday morning of at least two inauguration security checkpoints, including the one where Sollars said she was attacked -- as demonstrators followed through on threats to disrupt President-elect Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s inaugural ceremonies. The Black Lives Matter protesters at first started chaining themselves to fences in front of a checkpoint near the Capitol, after which the Secret Service closed the gates and shut down the entrance. "We are here to let people know this presidency is not legit. It goes against hundreds of years of democracy -- black lives matter," BLM DC’s Tracye Redd told FoxNews.com. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-20 |
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