Chaotic scenes played out in Washington, DC, on Wednesday as anti-Israel demonstrators disrupted the city during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. The protest quickly turned violent, with demonstrators carrying symbols of terrorist organizations, vandalizing property, and clashing with law enforcement officers.
Chanting “Allahu Akbar,” and some demonstrators decked out in Hamas attire, the agitators made their presence known across the city.
At Union Station, protestors escalated their actions by burning an American flag and defacing a statue with the ominous message “Hamas is coming.” They also replaced American flags with Palestinian flags.
The United States Park Police (USPP) issued a call for information to identify those responsible for assaulting officers and damaging property during the unrest. According to the USPP, the demonstrators set fires and burned flags at Columbus Circle, near Union Station.
A total of 23 pro-Hamas agitators were arrested by various law enforcement agencies. The USPP confirmed at least eight arrests, while the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the United States Capitol Police (USCP) reported nine and six arrests, respectively. The charges included Assault on a Police Officer and Crossing a Police Line, with the ages of those arrested ranging from 15 to 32.
The protestors at Columbus Circle caused significant damage, including vandalizing statues and fountains, tearing down and burning flags, and starting multiple small fires. Due to the crowd’s refusal to comply with law enforcement instructions, the permit for the event was revoked, and everyone was ordered to leave the area.
In response to the vandalism, National Park Service conservators will begin the arduous task of removing red paint from the statues and fountains at Columbus Circle, a process expected to take several days.
The White House condemned the actions of the anti-Israel protestors, with Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates stating, “Antisemitism and violence are never acceptable. Identifying with evil terrorist organizations like Hamas, burning the American flag, or forcibly removing the American flag and replacing it with another, is disgraceful.”
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Does anybody expect civility from these animals?
Where are Liz Cheney and Chris Wray?
Democrats are sick!
This is 100 times worse than Jan. 6. Yet not a single one of these protestors will be charged and this all will be forgotten within days.. The Democrat party will bring America and the world burning to the ground.
Haris=Democrat=Comunism!
Any Jew that votes Harris in will have to give allot of answers when they get up there..
Stop worrying so much about your government funding..
You won’t have religious schools or shuls to place all your money into g-d forbid.
These are Democrat voters and especially Harris supporters. They are taking over the center. If you vote Democrat you’re on their team
When will the world wake up and understand who we are dealing with?!
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Thank you savages for validating Netanyahu’s sermon:- you people aren’t just coming after 🇮🇱 but actually after 🇺🇸
Meanwhile:- Why didn’t you secret service simply shoot dead this evil wicked heinous paint sprayer like you did to Thomas מתתיהו Crooks?
They sprayed the wrong word after “free” :- Should have sprayed “all the hostages” instead of “gaza”
OK, we know that those antisemites are violent thugs that want to ruin America and are doing a good job.
BUT what is wrong with the police, they dont seem to be able to do much to control the mobs of unruly, illegal goings on!!
Free speech at it’s best !!!!
Great, the US government deserves this. Maybe the US government should negotiate with Hamas now, “river to the sea” could now become from the “Atlantic to the Pacific”. Is that sign supposed to say “Hamas is coming” ?
DC and USPP arrested the 4 or 5 crazies who tore down the flag and sprayed graffiti on the CC statue in front of Union Station. The day before, the arrested 200 protestors who sat down in the Canon Office Building.
I think these idiots consider being arrested as a badge of honor in their anti semitic quest.
Thus giving the Democrats (Kamala Harris in particular) a chance to denounce them, and thereby move towards the center on a major issue. This is also a safe issue for her to distance herself from the the far left of her own party, since most “Progressives”, even if anti-Semitic, are uneasy supporting rape and genocide even if directed against Jews. Whether Mrs. Harris (and the Democrats) will take advantage of this opportunity is unknown (their “inner lemming” might prevail, or it might not).