By the way, Fox News is reporting that: [The] "U.S. Park Police told WTOP protesters were pushed back because some were attacking police officers -- not to clear the way for Trump. The outlet also cited sources saying tear gas was not used." ... "instead smoke cannisters were deployed, which don't have an uncomfortable irritant in them,”…
By the way, Fox News is reporting that: [The] "U.S. Park Police told WTOP protesters were pushed back because some were attacking police officers -- not to clear the way for Trump. The outlet also cited sources saying tear gas was not used." ... "instead smoke cannisters were deployed, which don't have an uncomfortable irritant in them,” reporter Neal Augenstein tweeted. “And, the source says Park Police didn't know President Trump would be walking across the park several minutes later.” The article says it was also "riot police" not the Secret Service, and the video shows the police with shields confronting a crowd and later guarding a safe pathway for the President.
Curfew was at 7:00, yet Park Police started the pushback at 6:15, and Park Police wasn't the only law enforcement entity there. Those moments are on tape, and it shows police initiating the physical confrontations.
If you watch the CNN video, it clearly shows 6:35 as the starting point the officers started to push back, so either the article by Carney gets facts wrong, or CNN can't tell time, or CNN puts out fake live-video.
By the way, Fox News is reporting that: [The] "U.S. Park Police told WTOP protesters were pushed back because some were attacking police officers -- not to clear the way for Trump. The outlet also cited sources saying tear gas was not used." ... "instead smoke cannisters were deployed, which don't have an uncomfortable irritant in them,” reporter Neal Augenstein tweeted. “And, the source says Park Police didn't know President Trump would be walking across the park several minutes later.” The article says it was also "riot police" not the Secret Service, and the video shows the police with shields confronting a crowd and later guarding a safe pathway for the President.
Curfew was at 7:00, yet Park Police started the pushback at 6:15, and Park Police wasn't the only law enforcement entity there. Those moments are on tape, and it shows police initiating the physical confrontations.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/prepare-ye-the-way-of-the-trump-make-straight-paths-for-him
If you watch the CNN video, it clearly shows 6:35 as the starting point the officers started to push back, so either the article by Carney gets facts wrong, or CNN can't tell time, or CNN puts out fake live-video.
That was the moment when the gas was flying.
The video shows that was the moment when the police were marching forward. If you look at the video, this advance was what led the crowd to disperse.