Protests over George Floyd escalate near White House, around DC as Trump warns against 'mob violence'

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Protests over George Floyd escalate near White House, around DC as Trump warns against 'mob violence'
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Some protestors threw bottles at Secret Service agents and police near the White House. Officers responded by firing tear gas to break up the crowds.

Even as they halted traffic on the Capital Beltway and shouted obscenities at the fleet of presidential helicopters that carried Trump back to the White House, the demonstrations scattered throughout the city remained mostly peaceful.

Showing at least five red welts on her bare left arm, Lindsay Kouyate, 21, said she was shot with something she couldn't identify. Kouyate said she was holding her"I Cant Breathe" sign near the police in front of Lafayette Square at the time. Police wearing helmets and holding shields formed a line between the protesters and the White House, a hot spot in the city throughout much of Saturday evening.

"Trump is the reason why cops feel they can do certain things to black people,” said Cameron Jackson, 25, a supervisor at a grocery store, as he stood in the middle of 16th Street. “He condones it. He is a racist.”Dave Pringle, 32, who works on criminal justice policy in D.C., also condemned Trump. "I came here to enforce the Black Lives Matter movement and to get justice for the injustices we have been receiving for over hundreds of years," said Ariel Weems, a 16-year-old high school student from Bowie, Maryland.“I don’t agree with any of his policies," Weems said."His Twitter comments? Shooting and looting? That was absurd. ... We’re out here protesting for our lives.”through the crowds, passing out water bottles.

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