{"id":45946,"date":"2021-01-06T20:26:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T00:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=45946"},"modified":"2021-01-06T20:27:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T00:27:26","slug":"police-attacked-peaceful-patriots-in-d-c-for-no-reason-at-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=45946","title":{"rendered":"Police Attacked Peaceful Patriots in D.C. for No Reason At All"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u201cWe had No Weapons. We Were Peaceful. They Started Shooting At Us.\u201d Police Attacked Protesters With Pepper Spray, Tear Gas and Clubs.<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Joe Hoft<br \/>\nGateway Pundit<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-567613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7579-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"410\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7579-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Protesters spoke with the Epic Times this afternoon and claimed their innocence.\u00a0 They said the police got very violent very quickly.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The President tweeted earlier:<\/p>\n<div id=\"Top-ad\" class=\"sponsor Top\">\n<div id=\"Top\" class=\"fixed-size\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=joehoft&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1346904110969315332&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2021%2F01%2Fno-weapons-peaceful-started-shooting-us-police-attacked-protesters-pepper-spray-tear-gas-clubs%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1346904110969315332\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne woman shared that they were peaceful at the capital but then the police got violent:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=joehoft&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1346926011313573889&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2021%2F01%2Fno-weapons-peaceful-started-shooting-us-police-attacked-protesters-pepper-spray-tear-gas-clubs%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1346926011313573889\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We had no weapons. We were peaceful. They started shooting at us.\u201d Protesters at today\u2019s event in DC.\u00a0 Another protester saw the police fire tear gas on the protesters for no reason.\u00a0 They also beat people with their sticks:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=joehoft&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1346927892844982276&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2021%2F01%2Fno-weapons-peaceful-started-shooting-us-police-attacked-protesters-pepper-spray-tear-gas-clubs%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1346927892844982276\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Americans want freedom and the truth.\u00a0 They don\u2019t want to beaten by the police for holding peaceful protests.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2021\/01\/no-weapons-peaceful-started-shooting-us-police-attacked-protesters-pepper-spray-tear-gas-clubs\/\">https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2021\/01\/no-weapons-peaceful-started-shooting-us-police-attacked-protesters-pepper-spray-tear-gas-clubs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe had No Weapons. We Were Peaceful. 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