D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier on Monday said the Occupy DC movement has becoming increasingly violent, noting that five people were injured during a protest Friday night.
“That is no longer a peaceful protest,” Lanier said in a statement Monday. “Demonstrators have become increasingly confrontational and violent toward uninvolved bystanders and motorists. Demonstrators have also jeopardized the safety of their own children by using them in blockades.”
Lanier released videos from the protest of a conservative group at the Washington Convention Center Friday, purportedly showing incidents of children being used as a blockade and attendees being injured.
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Click on the following to be taken to the videos on YouTube:
“Intentionally Blocking Traffic/putting little children in the street”
“Using little children to blockade the door”
“Demonstrators blockade doors and injure attendees”
“Blockading people from leaving the Convention Center”
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