Four demonstrators were taken into custody Tuesday evening after they scaled an 8-foot fence and attempted to enter a Secret Service-designated secure zone, police said Wednesday.
“At no point did the individuals enter the Wells Fargo Center,” the Philadelphia Police Department said in a written statement.
Police said the fence-jumpers were immediately arrested without incident, but at least one citizen journalist group reported that officers had used pepper spray on protesters. The group’s video posted to Twitter showed a woman with red eyes and others coughing after apparently being sprayed.
An estimated 5,000 people participated in eight different protests near the Democratic convention on Tuesday, police said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fence-jumpers-arrested-outside-democratic-000000438.html?nhp=1
Did GOP convention have a huge fence blocking out protesters? Even if they did, the irony here (Trump's wall) is amusing.
“At no point did the individuals enter the Wells Fargo Center,” the Philadelphia Police Department said in a written statement.
Police said the fence-jumpers were immediately arrested without incident, but at least one citizen journalist group reported that officers had used pepper spray on protesters. The group’s video posted to Twitter showed a woman with red eyes and others coughing after apparently being sprayed.
An estimated 5,000 people participated in eight different protests near the Democratic convention on Tuesday, police said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fence-jumpers-arrested-outside-democratic-000000438.html?nhp=1
Did GOP convention have a huge fence blocking out protesters? Even if they did, the irony here (Trump's wall) is amusing.