The Secret Service finally admitted to using pepper spray on protesters—12 days later by rachsandl
As the Lafayette Square protest—when law enforcement aggressively removed peaceful protesters on June 1 before a White House photo-op—increasingly becomes a major scandal for the Trump administration, the Secret Service on Saturday finally admitted using pepper spray on protesters on June 1, after denying it earlier this month.... [+]KEY FACTS
The Secret Service said one agent used pepper spray “in response to an assaultive individual” during the protest, correcting an earlier statement on June 5 saying that the agency didn’t use tear gas or pepper spray at all. The Trump administration has been facing scrutiny for its handling of the protest because President Donald Trump walked through the area for a photo-op at St. John’s Church after demonstrators were cleared from the square.
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