DC mayor decries use of tear gas on peaceful protesters outside White House: 'Shameful'

[left-of-center2012]

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) condemned the use of tear gas on peaceful protesters outside the White House on Monday evening.

She noted that authorities acted before the 7 p.m. curfew she had imposed for the city following protests that turned violent the night before and called the decision "shameful."

"I imposed a curfew at 7pm. A full 25 minutes before the curfew & w/o provocation, federal police used munitions on peaceful protestors in front of the White House, an act that will make the job of @DCPoliceDept officers more difficult," Bowser tweeted.

Several loud bangs echoed just before President Trump took the podium in the Rose Garden on Monday as law enforcement fired tear gas into a crowd of peaceful protesters who had gathered just outside Lafayette Square across the street from the White House. After he spoke, dispatching the military to quell protests in D.C. and threatening to do the same in other cities, Trump walked on foot to the nearby historic St. John's Church and posed for photos.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/500591-dc-mayor-decries-use-of-tear-gas-on-peaceful-protesters-outside-white

[AlexSFCA]

1. who were those authoroties that used tear gas?

[left-of-center2012]

2. I think they were federal officers

Uniformed Secret Service, Park police, etc.

[spanone]

3. the 'man' in the picture wouldn't have cared if a few died for this photo op.