Metropolitan DC Police performed what is believed to be the first election-night protest arrest after a man refused to vacate an area near the White House.
A video tweeted from James Klüg in Washington, D.C., shows Metropolitan Police arresting a protester in the Black Lives Matter Plaza near the White House Tuesday night. It is believed to be the first election-night arrest of a protester in that city.
Multiple officers had to wrestle the man to the ground. Others kept the crowd back as they tried to help free the man.
Protesters refused to move from the area as police officers attempted to remove an illegally parked BLM protest flatbed truck. The truck was loaded with protesters in the back.
MPD officers were finally able to clear a path for the vehicle to move out of the restricted area. Klüg called the situation, “tense.”
Businesses and government buildings in the DC area began boarding up and installing additional security over the weekend, Breitbart News’ Ildefonso Ortiz reported. The moves come in anticipation of potential rioting due to election results.
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