"We made it known at every meeting that we did not want the National Guard to be armed," @DCPoliceDept says at morning press conference.
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Says every arrest made was done after multiple warnings to prevent "extreme violence and destruction." (DC protest law states you get 3 warnings to disperse before arrest.)
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54 arrested at 17 & I and close to 200 on Swann Street. 300 arrests in DC overall for mostly curfew violations last night.
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The first night 18 arrests, 88 second, over 300 Monday night in DC protests. Have set up "mass arrest processing." "Number one goal is to get them in and out of police custody as quickly as possible,"
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"I've tried to make this distinction ... the Metropolitan police department, the park police and the secret service work together all the time ... I want us all to be careful about painting that relationship negatively,"
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"We will have ongoing conversations ... but right now, at hand, we have a response ... we have an emergency response in the District and we're going to continue to work with the federal agencies who are here," @MayorBower says.
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"I don't think that military should be used on the streets of U.S. streets against Americans and I definitely don't think it should be done for a show,"
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