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The Daily Beast reports:
Members of the Proud Boys brawled with police officers in Washington, D.C., late Tuesday as pro-Trump protests against the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory began ahead of a congressional vote.
Video from the scene showed dozens of members of the group facing off against police, whom they accused of betraying the Constitution. The clashes reportedly kicked off after the Proud Boys tried to force their way through a police line at Black Lives Matter Plaza and officers pushed them back.
“You lost both sides of support,” one man yelled. “We had your fucking back, but we ain’t got your back no more!” he said, noting that he and other members of the group have military training.
“You lost both sides of support. We had your f***ing back, but we ain’t got your back no more!” Trump supporters yell at police after they block access to BLM Plaza and make arrests of some of the group tonight #DC #WashingtonDC #January6th pic.twitter.com/M2syNacscv
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
Chaotic scene in BLM Plaza as police clash with Trump supporters trying to rush the line #DC #WashingtonDC #January6th pic.twitter.com/wjGsUSaCWH
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
Mace deployed as police push back into the crowd of Trump supporters trying to get into BLM Plaza #DC #WashingtonDC #January6th pic.twitter.com/mmNqq3vYyO
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
The crowd of hundreds of Trump supporters and Proud Boys arrives at BLM Plaza on this Tuesday night #DC #WashingtonDC #January6th pic.twitter.com/FWnQ4nXT9U
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 6, 2021
Proud Boys in DC tonight have absolutely zero street experience, no gear, and no situational awareness of police tactics. They keep walking into obvious kettles and getting maced and arrested by the cops ? pic.twitter.com/JflIWZht7P
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) January 6, 2021
Not sure what’s going on here, but apparently some people feel it’s necessary to ram themselves into poles…#dc pic.twitter.com/WcH6myJR3m
— Miss N0b0dy (@MissN0b0dy1) January 6, 2021
Disagreement between trump supporters in #dc pic.twitter.com/TFYNSNtFJq
— Miss N0b0dy (@MissN0b0dy1) January 6, 2021
D.C. says there have been 6 arrests so far today related to the pro-Trump protests, up from 2 a few hours ago. Multiple charges have been filed: pic.twitter.com/JX7Q4Oztmk
— Martin Austermuhle (@maustermuhle) January 6, 2021