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06-08-2020, 17:58
06/08/20
It’s like the whole nation is crying, and this whole fence is crying"
"Giống như cả dân tộc đang khóc, và cả hàng rào này đang khóc"
https://www.vietbf.com/forum/attachment.php?attac hmentid=1596000&stc=1&d=1591639067
This story was last updated at 10:59 p.m.
As the protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd ramped up in the past week, the administration of Donald Trump increasingly fortified the area around the White House.
Entrances to Pennsylvania Avenue and E Street NW, the Ellipse, and Lafayette Square are barricaded by about 1.7 miles of mesh metal fences and guarded by police. The Secret Service said last week that the entire area around the “White House complex” would remain closed until June 10.
Meanwhile, Mayor Muriel Bowser has expressed concern that some of the measures may be be permanent.
The barriers have been a jarring sight for many Washingtonians, long used to free access to spaces that serve as a symbol of democracy and where First Amendment protests have played out for over a century. Throughout the week, protesters could often be heard pressed up against the fence, chanting “This is what democracy looks like.”
Continue reading (https://dcist.com/story/20/06/07/the-new-white-house-fence-is-getting-covered-in-protest-art/?fbclid=IwAR185fjrqv 73JvdW2fNYBYvfhHFd8u kbAmmWAXgnRbbttHqOI0 GOdfxHT7s)
It’s like the whole nation is crying, and this whole fence is crying"
"Giống như cả dân tộc đang khóc, và cả hàng rào này đang khóc"
https://www.vietbf.com/forum/attachment.php?attac hmentid=1596000&stc=1&d=1591639067
This story was last updated at 10:59 p.m.
As the protests over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd ramped up in the past week, the administration of Donald Trump increasingly fortified the area around the White House.
Entrances to Pennsylvania Avenue and E Street NW, the Ellipse, and Lafayette Square are barricaded by about 1.7 miles of mesh metal fences and guarded by police. The Secret Service said last week that the entire area around the “White House complex” would remain closed until June 10.
Meanwhile, Mayor Muriel Bowser has expressed concern that some of the measures may be be permanent.
The barriers have been a jarring sight for many Washingtonians, long used to free access to spaces that serve as a symbol of democracy and where First Amendment protests have played out for over a century. Throughout the week, protesters could often be heard pressed up against the fence, chanting “This is what democracy looks like.”
Continue reading (https://dcist.com/story/20/06/07/the-new-white-house-fence-is-getting-covered-in-protest-art/?fbclid=IwAR185fjrqv 73JvdW2fNYBYvfhHFd8u kbAmmWAXgnRbbttHqOI0 GOdfxHT7s)