“It feels like a hostage situation.”
that about 40 people were sheltering inside while police waited outside in the street, hoping they would be safe until D.C.’s curfew ends at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning. that when he asked the police for help, they told him to go back inside the house or they would arrest him; “It feels like a hostage situation,” he said.
Around midnight, the police attempted to enter the home on the grounds that someone inside had dialed 911 to report a medical emergency, theThe protester also told WSUA9 that police had attempted to break through the backyard fence and convince the group that they could leave freely through the back alley.
People were still waiting inside the house at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning after entering the house around 10:00 p.m. The story was trending on Twitter on Monday morning under the hashtags #swannstreet and #trappedinDC. Key background Protests in D.C. over the death of George Floyd in police custody escalated Monday night after President Trump vowed to deploy the military if local officials aren’t able to stop the violence that has escalated amid a wave of protests over the death of the 46-year-old black man last week in Minneapolis.
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