The White House was briefly placed on lockdown Friday evening after throngs of people congregated outside the building to protest the death of a black man in Minnesota.

CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reported that officials at the White House were preparing for a mass of protesters marching from Lafayette Square Park in Washington, D.C.

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