Police in the District of Columbia arrested eight people in protest-related unrest late Thursday and into early Friday, with five suspects accused of assaulting police officers, arrest records show (pdf).
The suspects range in age from 18 to 37, data from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) shows, and charges include assault on a police officer, simple assault, resisting arrest, and destruction of property.
The unrest that led to the arrests broke out after hundreds of demonstrators gathered around the White House on Thursday, where President Donald Trump spoke at the Republican National Convention after formally receiving the party’s nomination to seek reelection.
The protesters, who were there for a “noise demonstration and dance party,” sought to drown out Trump’s speech.
“I hope you hear us, Trump,” shouted the leader of a local band TOB, which blared music as it moved toward the White House, where a crowd of some 1,500 people assembled on the South Lawn to listen to the president speak…
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