Kaylee Greenlee
Reporter
August 31, 2020 8:03 PM ET
Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department refused to comment on why the department failed to prevent protesters from harassing Republican National Convention attendees outside of the White House Thursday night.
Protesters harassed Florida Rep. Brian Mast, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and his wife, RNC guests and police officers, multiple videos from the night show. Metropolitan Police Chief Peter Newsham said in a press conference Monday that the department had to plan for the convention on “short notice.â€
“When you throw bricks, and rocks and bottles and urine and you set fires, there is going to be a police reaction,†Newsham said at the press conference.
“So folks who want to suggest or paint the picture that this was somehow peaceful, and the police indiscriminately used munitions against them, they’re not being honest,†Newsham added.
more w/video
https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/31/dc-protest-metropolitain-police-officers-rnc/
