The White House was temporarily locked down as hundreds of people gathered in the afternoon across the street in Lafayette Square. After marching away, demonstrators assembled again later and videos showed pushing-and-shoving matches between officers and protesters, who dispersed early on Saturday. Trump praised the US Secret Service officers who guard the White House as “very cool. If they had they would have been greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons,” he said. Trump accused Washington DC mayor Muriel Bowser of refusing to send police to help the US Secret Service.

Source: The Telegraph May 30, 2020 22:07 UTC