Lafayette Square, the park across from the White House, reopened Monday to the public nearly a year after federal authorities fenced off the area at the height of nationwide protests over policing following the killing of George Floyd.
holding a Bible. The church had been damaged the night before Trump’s photo-op, when a fire was set in the basement of the building during protests.
Fencing still surrounds the square named after the American Revolutionary War hero, but entryways on the northern side of the park were quietly opened to the public on Monday morning.The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement it “is committed to balancing necessary security measures with the importance of public access and view.” The agency declined to comment on when, or if, it may remove the security fencing altogether.
last month of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the death of Floyd, who was Black. The Justice Department last week announced that Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis officers were
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