At the time, commentators said it would be considered a defining moment of Donald Trump’s presidency: Police forcibly removed racial justice protesters from the Lafayette…
(Newser) – At the time, commentators said it would be considered a defining moment of Donald Trump’s presidency: Police forcibly removed racial justice protesters from the Lafayette Square area across from the White House before Trump and his entourage walked to a church for a controversial photo-op. But the church visit was not the reason why the square was cleared, according to a watchdog investigation. The report from the Interior Department’s inspector general found that in an operation planned hours before Trump expressed interest in visiting the church, federal police cleared the area so contractors could install security fencing, the ABC reports.
