A group participating in a pro-President Donald Trump march were chased out of Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. by counter-protesters Saturday afternoon, with some incidents requiring intervention from the police.
Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers kept the counter-protesters and demonstrators participating in the pro-Trump march away from each other for the most part, though a few Trump supporters passing through Black Lives Matter Plaza were harassed by protesters.
Members of the Proud Boys and the AP III, also known as three percenters, marched along with other the pro-Trump demonstrators.
Thousands of Trump supporters attended the “Million MAGA March” last month, NPR reported. Few wore masks or practiced social distancing.
A supporter of President Donald Trump was escorted away from counter-protesters by Metropolitan Police Department officers in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
A man had to be pulled away from a group of counter-protesters by a member of the Proud Boys near McPherson Square in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
A supporter of President Donald Trump confronted a counter-protester in Black Lives Matter Plaza on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
Multiple protesters were sprayed with a chemical substance they described as similar to mace by MPD officers near Black Lives Matter Plaza.
Few Trump supporters wore face coverings or practiced in social distancing Saturday afternoon. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS: Counter-Protesters Target Trump Supporters After ‘Million MAGA March’ As Violence Breaks Out In Downtown DC)
A protester was sprayed with a chemical agent they described as mace by Metropolitan Police Department officers in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
Metropolitan Police Department officers stand between a demonstration of President Donald Trump and counter-protesters in Black Lives Matter Plaza on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
A supporter of President Donald Trump gave the middle finger to counter-protesters after pulling a man she was with away from the crowd in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
A crowd of counter-protesters gathered to meet a demonstration comprised of President Donald Trump supporters near Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
Supporters of President Donald Trump walked through Black Lives Matter Plaza after a pro-Trump demonstration in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
Proud Boys members shouted “fuck Antifa” at anyone who wasn’t wearing pro-Trump clothing that passed by the Hyatt Place on K Street, where several members of the group were staying. Multiple Trump supporters congregated on the sidewalk outside the hotel, where they drank alcohol and a few smoked a substance that smelled like marijuana out of a pipe near the hotel’s boarded up revolving door.
Members of the Proud Boys flashed the white power signs at counter-protesters near Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
Protesters gather outside a Hyatt Place hotel near Black Lives Matter Plaza where several members of the Proud Boys and other supporters of President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
Protesters attend to a man who was maced by Metropolitan Police Department officers near Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020. (Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
A protester burns a MAGA flag during a counter-protest against a pro-President Donald Trump demonstration in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 12, 2020(Photo: Kaylee Greenlee – Daily Caller News Foundation)
Protesters burned MAGA hats and flags in the street of Black Lives Matter Plaza and threw fireworks at members of the Proud Boys and other Trump supporters outside the Hyatt Place hotel.
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