This is going to be a long, hot summer, and if today’s riots in Washington, D.C. are any indication, it’s going to be a violent one too.
Protesters who were bussed in clashed with police, tearing down the U.S. flag and raising the Palestinian one. Hamas flags and imagery were everywhere to be seen and “Black Bloc” tactics such as overwhelming police to free arrested protesters were deployed.
Pro-Palestinian protesters getting bussed into Washington DC. pic.twitter.com/UIglydB6JQ
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The police, in turn, used pepper spray and stun grenades against the protesters, and it wouldn’t surprise me at all to learn once the smoke clears that a number of people were injured.
The mob continued to chase police officers to try to free protesters who had been arrested at Union Station. Pepper spray was eventually used to push the crowd back.
