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Police Fired Tear Gas at Protesters as Trump Took the Oath

Police arrested at least ten people during the protest which started at 10:30 AM Friday, just blocks from the National Mall.

As President Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday, police in riot gear fired cans of tear gas and used pepper spray to control a crowd of at least 200 protesters throwing trash cans and damaging storefronts just blocks away from the ceremony. Police arrested at least ten people during the protest, which started at about 10:30 AM when a crowd of people dressed in black marched down L St. near McPherson Square, just blocks from the National Mall, chanting slogans such as "whose streets, our streets." The crowd smashed the storefronts of a Starbucks and a McDonald's. Some of the protesters wore ski masks and goggles, and some wore gas masks chanting, "This is what a police state looks like." Read more on VICE News

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