DC Police Confront Group Of Demonstrators
WASHINGTON (AP/KDKA) - As Donald Trump and President Barack Obama made their way to the Capitol, police were confronting a group of demonstrators wearing black in downtown Washington and using what appeared to be pepper spray.
Police pepper spray protester, others yell at him to stop resisting pic.twitter.com/pddhiHV6cs
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Protesters were carrying signs denouncing capitalism and Trump.
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Police cordoned off about 100 demonstrators who chanted "hands up, don't shoot."
Protesters threw bricks through the windows of a Starbucks, a McDonald's, a Bank of America branch and a cafe, the Reuters news agency reported.
Protesters just smashed the windows of this limo, threw in a flare pic.twitter.com/KMeXIbzBHH
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A helicopter hovered overhead.
According to a police spokesman, multiple people were arrested on charges that include rioting and vandalism during the inaugural activities, CBS News reports.
The confrontation happened about an hour before Mr. Trump was sworn in
Earlier in the day, most of the Donald Trump backers who were walking to the inauguration past Union Station tried to ignore protesters outside the train station.
Then there's Doug Rahm, who engaged in a lengthy and sometimes profane yelling match with protesters.
"Get a job," Rahm said. "Stop crying snowflakes, Trump won."
Rahm - who's from Philadelphia and does high-rise restorations, is with Bikers for Trump. He says the protesters should get behind the new president.
He says, "This is unite America day."
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