Acting U.S. Park Police Chief Defends Forcible Removal of Protesters from Lafayette Park

Gregory Monahan, the acting chief of the U.S. Park Police, defends the actions taken by his officers to forcibly remove protesters from Lafayette Square on the evening of June 1 before President Trump walked from the White House to Saint John's Episcopal Church on the northeast corner of the park. He says 50 of his officers were injured in violence in the days and hours leading up to the decision to remove the protesters and he says that proper procedures were followed, including warning protesters. close