No arrests were made on Saturday when pro-Hamas protesters surrounded the White House and scuffled with police as they advocated for Israel's destruction, vandalized property, and called on Hamas to continue murdering Jews, the Secret Service and Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to the Washington Free Beacon.
Thousands of protesters from across the country descended upon downtown D.C. to pressure the Biden administration into forcing a ceasefire on Israel following its weekend military operation in the Gaza Strip that freed four hostages.
"The U.S. Secret Service made no arrests associated with the demonstration that took place near the White House complex June 8," an agency spokesman told the Free Beacon on Sunday.
A D.C. police spokesman also confirmed that it "Made no protest related arrests yesterday," while a U.S. Park Police spokesman said the agency "Did not make arrests during demonstration activity yesterday." A White House spokesman said protesters have the right to assemble outside the White House but condemned Hamas.
"But he has also always been clear that anti-Semitism, violent rhetoric, and endorsing murderous terrorist organizations like Hamas is repugnant, dangerous, and against everything we stand for as a country." Some of the protesters reportedly harassed police officers, saying, "These f-ing pigs have got to go" and chasing authorities across Lafayette Park just north of the White House.
"Long live Hamas" and "Muslim 4 Hamas" could be seen scribbled on statues and other locations near the White House.
Attendees were also spotted sporting headbands declaring allegiance with Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terror group
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