U.S. Park Police pepper spray a crowd of protestors as they arrest demonstrators who removed the U.S. flag from its post outside Union Station
Photo Essay: The Capitol Red Line protest
Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor
U.S. Park Police pepper spray a crowd of protestors as they arrest demonstrators who removed the U.S. flag from its post outside Union Station

Photo Essay: The Capitol Red Line protest

By Arwen Clemans, Kaiden J. Yu and Sage Russell
July 27, 2024
Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators gather on Pennsylvania Avenue prepared to march to the U.S. Capitol. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
The U.S. Capitol looms over the crowd of demonstrators on Pennsylvania Avenue. (Kaiden J. Yu | Assistant Photo Editor)
A protestor on top of the street sign for Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenue is offered a hand down. (Arwen Clemans | Staff Photographer)
A mix of Capitol Police and NYPD react with pepper spray to protestors pushing against the make-shift bike barrier. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
A couple sits on a bench listening to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address both chambers of Congress as demonstrators continue to march along D Street.
(Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
Demonstrators light an Israeli flag on fire. (Arwen Clemans | Staff Photographer)
A D.C. resident uses his hose to wash protestors of pepper spray and to cool off from the day’s heat. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
A sculpture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu engulfed in flames in the middle of Columbus Circle outside Union Station. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
U.S. Park Police shout and threaten to pepper spray a crowd of protestors as they arrest demonstrators who removed the American flag from its post. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
A demonstrator who was pepper sprayed by a U.S. Park Police officer has their eyes doused with water. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
Protestors stand atop the graffitied Union Station bell holding a Palestinian flag. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
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