D.C. police said that it appeared that protesters Monday were trying to take down a statue of Andrew Jackson in a park near the White House.
D.C. police and U.S. Park Police moved demonstrators back from Lafayette Square Park, as protesters tell NBC Washington that they wanted to tear down the statue of Andrew Jackson located near the White House.
A line of law enforcement was formed to try to stop the protesters from gaining access to the statue, NBC Washington’s Shomari Stone told WTOP. Earlier, he said some protesters put ropes around the statue in an attempt to pull it down.
BREAKING: Metropolitan Police and US Park Police move demonstrators back from Lafayette Square Park.
Two separate protesters tell me the groups want to tear down the Andrew Jackson statue near the White House. @NBCNews @MSNbc @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/topGgjCjJi— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) June 23, 2020
Stone said the protesters were sprayed with something that burned their eyes.
There was also a small fire in front of St. John’s Church that was quickly extinguished, and the letters B-H-A-Z were written on the pillars of the church, which stands for Black House Autonomous Zone, WTOP’s Dan Friedell reported.
The church had been damaged earlier during the third night of protests, and it was the church where President Donald Trump had had his picture taken while holding up a Bible, after law enforcement cleared the area of protesters.
Earlier Monday, four officers were injured and two people were placed under arrest after a skirmish erupted in the afternoon around Black Lives Matter Plaza in downtown D.C.
D.C. police said officers were clearing camps that were set up in and around the plaza at 16th and H streets Northwest during the ongoing protests.
Police are unclear about what led to the officers’ injuries.
They denied protesters’ reports on Twitter that pepper spray was used against the crowd. Chief Peter Newsham, however, told The Washington Post that pepper spray was in fact used.
It’s also unknown for what those two reported arrests were made.
Videos on social media show dozens of D.C. police on bicycles shouting “move back” and moving the crowd up onto the sidewalk.
Police reinforcements arriving on H Street. #DCProtest #SayTheirNames #BLMPlaza pic.twitter.com/e08ENw5fcM
— Abolish the police (@alloutdc202) June 22, 2020
Happening rn pic.twitter.com/C1TyLjHC3M
— Abolish the police (@alloutdc202) June 22, 2020
There was strong police presence in the area to monitor the several hundred protesters.
The area around Lafayette Square has been the site of unrest following the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody — including the violent removal of peaceful protesters before President Donald Trump’s photo op outside St. John’s Episcopal Church on June 1.
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WTOP’s Jack Pointer and Dan Friedell contributed to this report.
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