The individuals in this article are referred to as protesters, not insurrectionists.
The individuals in this article are referred to as protesters, not insurrectionists. This “group of protesters” jumped fences and penetrated “the barrier around The White House”.
I hope I don’t get fact check for posting this article. That article goes on to claim that this domestic terrorist event contributed to Trump clearing out of Lafayette Square and walk from the White House to nearby St. John ’s church. We now know that Trump did not order the clearing out of Lafayette Square.
I’m not like Madonna or certain liberal Larrys and Lindas out there who wish harm on Presidents. This article states that the entire White House fence line was recommended for replacement in 2014 and that it has not been completed by this event. For the safety of our current and future Presidents can we make this a priority? Please?
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The security move came after multiple people crossed over fences that had been erected to create a larger barrier around the White House complex around 7 p.m.
Secret Service officers detained at least four protesters, who were charged with unlawful entry at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, according to arrest records. The incident took place near the border between the White House lawn and Treasury Department, about 350 feet from the East Wing, and close to a Treasury fence line that has been at the center of past security failures.
Two of the people who were arrested said they were stunned by the idea that their actions prompted the abrupt relocation of the president.
“I didn’t even realize what I did was illegal,” said one of the protesters, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the pending charges. “I stepped over a barricade. I never got onto the Treasury grounds or White House grounds.”
The incursion by protesters near the White House complex Friday came as swelling demonstrations filled the streets of downtown Washington in response to the killing of George Floyd, with many people rushing barricades and throwing bottles. It was the first night of protests in the District, and the large crowd swarming so close to the White House took Secret Service officers aback, officials said.
Lone protesters have sometimes tried to make a statement by jumping the fence, but not since the civil unrest of the 1960s have groups come directly at the White House grounds in such numbers.
Trump’s frustration with the impression that he was in hiding amid the tumult contributed to his decision Monday to walk from the White House to nearby St. John’s Episcopal Church.
The arrests Friday took place near a Treasury Department fence line that borders the White House grounds and has figured in key security failures in the past, including a March 2017 incident when Trump was at home and was also rushed to the bunker for a short period.
The entire White House fence line was recommended for replacement after a 2014 fence-jumper incident, but the portion around Treasury had been delayed by Secret Service budget constraints.
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