Riot police are taking action against violent protesters just blocks away from Trump’s inauguration parade route:
More than 90 people are arrested, as police and protesters clash blocks from the #InaugurationDay parade https://t.co/vEtks78F0S
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 20, 2017
Tear gas, loud bursts of sound. Protesters running away. 12th and L pic.twitter.com/RDKchPNhwh
— Mikaela Lefrak (@mikafrak) January 20, 2017
BREAKING: Booms, pops heard as riot police deploy dispersion devices into #Inauguration protest in Washington, DC. https://t.co/KorbZNepCK
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) January 20, 2017
BREAKING: Booms, pops heard as riot police deploy dispersion devices into #Inauguration protest in Washington, DC. https://t.co/KorbZNepCK
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) January 20, 2017
Hearing from reporters in the area that the most violent are those dressed in black, which sounds a lot like the “Black Bloc” organized protesters from “Occupy Wall Street.” They’re throwing rocks and police are responding with flash grenades, pepper spray, and tear gas.
Police use pepper spray and smoke grenades on anti-Trump protesters. #InaugurationDaypic.twitter.com/P1nxuXDriy
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 20, 2017
UPDATE:
Reporters are now saying some police have been injured, and more than 95 people have been arrested. The national guard is being called in.
BREAKING: Several police wounded in Washington DC clashes with anti-Trump protesters
— The Int'l Spectator (@spectatorindex) January 20, 2017
NEW: Riot police throw flash bangs at protesters on Washington, D.C.'s K Street, @errolbarnett reports https://t.co/AsjUerEVmy pic.twitter.com/KmswRFKIRZ
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 20, 2017
We’ll update as more information is available.