Washington is one of dozens of cities where nightly curfews have been enacted to tamp down the back-to-back protests. There was still half an hour to go before curfew on Monday, however, when a group occupying Lafayette Square, a small public park just beyond the northern gates of the White House, were physically dispersed by members of the National Guard, Secret Service and the U.S. Park Police. 

Protesters say they were hit with rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades and tear gas — a chemical weapon banned in warfare.

McConnell Scuttles Rebuke of Trump for Breaking Up Protest

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