Troops line up outside the fenced-in White House as protesters begin to arrive in D.C. for George Floyd march that is set to attract one million peopleDaily Mail/UK, Jun 6, 2020
Troops surrounded a barricaded White House on Saturday morning as Washington D.C. prepared for the largest George Floyd protest yet. The nation's capital braced itself with members of the National Guard guarding famous landmarks and patrolling a new pedestrian-only demonstration area as streets were closed off.
Streets were shut in downtown from 6am as the first of the dozens of demonstrations organized for the day began and the city's metro system announced it was reopening cars closed due to coronavirus to boost rider capacity.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told reporters Friday that local officials were projecting between 100,000 and 200,000 protesters.
As of just after midday, at least 6,000 had already gathered split between The Lincoln Memorial and those close to the White House. The D.C. protests will be joined by many more as hundreds of thousands are expected to turn out across the country.
Streets around the White House were closed and marked with checkpoints as the National Guard prepares for up to one million people
to descend on the city to demonstrate throughout Saturday
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