On Saturday, a large group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including individuals openly endorsing Hamas and other terrorist organizations, gathered around the White House.
During the protest, they vandalized a statue and attacked a U.S. Park Police officer who was attempting to safeguard it.
It is worth noting that this demonstration coincided with Israel’s successful rescue of four hostages from Hamas’s custody in a Gaza raid.
Happening now: Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators are unfurling a long red banner around the White House. They’re calling it the “people’s red line,” condemning Biden for not withholding military aid for Israel amid its deepening offensive in Rafah. pic.twitter.com/ABnoRIACF5
— Alejandro Alvarez 🫡 (@aletweetsnews) June 8, 2024
🚨#BREAKING: Pro-Palestine protesters holds up a bloody mask depicting President Joe Biden while burning an American flag as the statue gets graffitied
📌#Washington | #DC
At this time Currently, hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters and activists have gathered… pic.twitter.com/AugggnbBAW
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) June 8, 2024
🚨 Secret Service and U.S. Park Police retreat after being surrounded by Pro-Palestinian protestors who have now taken over Lafayette Square in front of the White House.pic.twitter.com/pk0mtOVcSQ
— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) June 8, 2024
The Statue on the White House’s North Lawn of Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau, a French General who was Instrumental in the Continental Army’s Success during the American Revolution has been Defaced and covered in Graffiti by Pro-Hamas Demonstrators, with a Lone U.S. Parks Service… pic.twitter.com/34cIZd0vKu
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 8, 2024
Police are now getting assaulted right outside the White House.
Bottles are being thrown at them.
Where’s the National Guard?pic.twitter.com/ifWSIuqXIt
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 8, 2024
The Washington Examiner reported:
Protesters clad in keffiyeh began gathering outside the presidential residence in Washington, D.C., Saturday morning.
Their signs called on President Joe Biden to “free Palestine” and “end the siege on Gaza now.”
Others stood in a line draped in a two-mile-long red banner around the White House to symbolize the “red line” Israel crossed when they began the operation in Rafah, a southern city in Gaza where many Palestinians have fled to.
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At one point, U.S. Park Police were on the scene with mace to fend off protesters.
They were allegedly attempting to arrest one of the protesters when the crowd began yelling at them to stop, screaming, “Let her go.”
It was not immediately clear what they were attempting to arrest her in connection with. In the exchange, police sprayed mace, and it appeared they eventually let the protester go without completing the arrest.
