This Wednesday, thousands of Trump supporters descended on Washington D.C. to protest the results of the 2020 election. According to reports, there was a packed crowd between the Washington Monument and the Ellipse with little standing room available.
Multiple scuffles between Trump supporters and D.C. police officers were captured on video when segments of the crowd attempted to breach the U.S. Capitol building.
The U.S. Capitol is on “full lockdown,” a guard tells me and @KevinFreyTV. He says officers have been injured, expl… https://t.co/BMp4Jfos4v— Austin Landis (@Austin Landis) 1609960291
Some were ultimately successful.
Videos posted to Twitter showed injured police officers being carried away from the scene after the confrontations.
WOW. Watching video that shows MULTIPLE officers being helped out, clearly injured. This is horrifying. https://t.co/vcENbSSH6N— Brandi Kruse (@Brandi Kruse) 1609959655
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