Protesters claiming to want a ceasefire in Gaza gathered outside the Democratic National Committee offices in Washington on Wednesday for a protest that ended with altercations and arrests, as well as the evacuation of party leaders as the violence unfolded.
Just to be clear: at the time of this interview, as we stated, we did not have information about the truth of this statement. Since then Capitol Police did release a statement stating pepper spray was used against its officers: Tonight 6 officers were treated for injuries.
We have handled hundreds of peaceful protests, but last night's group was not peaceful. The crowd failed to obey our lawful orders to move back from the DNC, where Members of Congress were in the building. When the group moved dumpsters in front of the exits, pepper sprayed our officers and attempted to pick up the bike rack, our teams quickly intervened.
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