Pres. Trump demands end to flag-burning as protest flare again near White House.
While the city cleared out tents and signs protesters used in their effort to establish the 'autonomous zone' Monday, D.C. police clashed with protestors Tuesday -- blocking their attempts to set up the area, firing flash bangs and smoke devices to clear the area.the police action was not in response to Trump’s tweet.
A demonstrator burns a U.S. flag during racial inequality protests near the White House in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2020.Other protesters gathered across the city in Capitol Hill’s Lincoln Park last night, calling for the removal of a controversial statue of President Abraham Lincoln. Demonstrators rallied against the Emancipation Memorial, which depicts a freed slave kneeling at Lincoln's feet.
The Lincoln Park Emancipation statue that is drawing scrutiny depicting former President Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling freed slave, in Washington, D.C., June 22, 2020.Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., said Tuesday that she is introducing a bill into the House of Representatives to remove both the Jackson statue from Lafayette Park and the"Emancipation Statue" from Lincoln Park across the city from the White House, near the Capitol.
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