THREAD: The anti-Trump @ShutDown_DC alliance attempted to hang banners reading "Expel all fascists" with the names of every congressperson who opposed the presidential election certification on the Capitol fence this afternoon.
Police prepped zip-ties and threatened arrest.
Police prepped zip-ties and threatened arrest.
After getting three warnings, activists began marching back away from Capitol grounds, with a police line pushing forward toward them.
"1, 2, 3, 4! Slavery, genocide and war! 5, 6, 7, 8, America was never great!" they chanted.
National Guardsmen tailed the officers as backup.
"1, 2, 3, 4! Slavery, genocide and war! 5, 6, 7, 8, America was never great!" they chanted.
National Guardsmen tailed the officers as backup.
Things got briefly tense as the group arrived at the line leaving Capitol grounds.
Officers pulled back one officer engaging with a protester with a megaphone.
"Where were you?" activists demanded to know, referencing the Capitol insurgency a week ago.
Officers pulled back one officer engaging with a protester with a megaphone.
"Where were you?" activists demanded to know, referencing the Capitol insurgency a week ago.
"Please don't scream at me, I lost a very dear friend," a Capitol PD officer said in an unusually personal moment to an activist. "I lost a very dear friend and you're screaming at me."
The officer was pulled back by others as activists retorted about Black men killed by police.
The officer was pulled back by others as activists retorted about Black men killed by police.
The police line fell mostly silent. One activist taunted an officer who was wearing his mask too low, leaving his nose exposed.
"Impeach! Remove! Expel! Impeach! Remove! Expel! Impeach! Remove! Expel!" the group chanted as they wrapped up their banners.
Here is my full @N2Sreports HD video summary of today's protest in front of the Capitol and National Guard + United States Capitol Police response.
As always, all footage is available to license.
As always, all footage is available to license.
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