Protesters on Saturday converged at the White House and pushed security barricades farther down Pennsylvania Avenue as nationwide demonstrations over George Floyd's death reached President Trump's doorstep for the second consecutive day.
At the White House Saturday, police used pepper spray, tear gas and what appeared to be rubber bullets on protesters, seeking to push them back. Protesters tossed objects like bottles toward the police. Some pulled bricks out of a sidewalk near the park and began throwing them toward police.
Multiple cars and dumpsters were set on fire mere blocks from the White House. People smashed windows and spray painted buildings as the night went on. Just after 9 p.m. ET, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy directed the D.C. National Guard to activate in response to U.S. Park Police asking for assistance with the protest, Commanding General William WalkerEarlier, protesters amid the large crowd could be seen standing on top of Secret Service vehicles and a security booth next to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Just before 6 p.m. ET, police warned protesters to clear the street and pushed them to do as much.
After 7 p.m., protesters moved to the opposite side of Lafayette Park, chanting and yelling at members of the Secret Service and Park Police. Officers lined up within the park behind barricades and park chain fencing. They zip-tied the barricades together and used pepper spray to keep protesters back.
Some in the crowd also ripped away the bike rack barriers that separate 17th Street from the Pennsylvania Avenue Plaza. Other demonstrators were seen standing face to face with a phalanx of Secret Service on the plaza.Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.
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