Scenes of looting and vandalism were captured on the 6th night of protests as the White House turned out its lights and Trump remains out of sight by lisettevoytko
The sixth night of protests in Washington, D.C., sparked by the death of George Floyd, went from peaceful to turbulent as the lights illuminating the White House went dark while looters took goods from shops and protesters set fires across the capitol as President Trump remained out of public sight.Photo by Alex Wong/Getty ImagesWashington, D.C. saw the lights illuminating the White House go out sometime around 11 p.m.
Grocery stores were looted around the capitol, along with a Sephora, a Nike store, a CVS drugstore, a Target and a local liquor store, with protesters using baseball bats to smash glass to gain access to goods. Sites around the National Mall were marked with graffiti, including the Lincoln Memorial, following Saturday’s protests.2,564. That’s how many people were arrested over the weekend in connection to protests around the country, according to the
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