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

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

Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor

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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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