U.S. Parks Police admitted to using smoke canisters and pepper balls, which contain pepper spray, on a group of protesters.
After a storm of criticism, the Trump campaign on Tuesday argued that police officers didn’t use tear gas on a group of protesters the day before in Lafayette Square before the president appeared for a photo-op—but that appears to not be false: police did admit to using a pepper irritant, which the U.S. Centers for Disease Control classifies as a type of tear gas.... [+]
back after they gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, Monday, June 1, 2020, near the White House in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers., to retract stories stating that tear gas was used to clear a group of protesters so President Donald Trump could participate in a photo-op in front of a church Monday.
The spokesman pointed to a statement from the U.S. Parks Police, which said officers did not use tear gas and instead deployed “smoke canisters and pepper balls” on a group of “combative” protesters after they “continued to throw projectiles, and attempted to grab officers’ weapons.”
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Trump vows to end protests; tear gas fired on protesters near White HouseU.S. President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to end violent protests in major cities across the nation 'now,' saying that he would deploy the military if mayors and state governors refused to call out the National Guard. As Trump spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House, live television images showed police firing tear gas to dispel demonstrators in Lafayette Park, across the street.
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Trump Vows ‘Law and Order’ as Nearby Protesters Get Tear-Gassed: UpdatesAnd protesters near the White House were violently dispersed so Trump could stage a bizarre photo op with a bible.
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The White House Tear-Gassed Protesters So Trump Could Have a Photo-OpSteps away from Trump’s White House address, federal police were using tear gas and other violent measures to forcibly clear a crowd of peaceful protesters—apparently so that the president could pose outside a church holding a bible
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