Before she was eventually handed what looked like a citation by a police officer, the video shows that the woman was detained by a dozen men, including more national guard soldiers, US park police officers and at least one US Marshal.
At one stage, two of the guardsmen appeared to laugh with the woman over her arrest.
Later on Monday, the same video journalist also spoke to a man being led away in handcuffs from the pool area by US Park Police officers. The man said that he had been arrested for “yelling at Oklahoma state troopers.”
Asked why he was yelling at them, the man replied, “Because they’re here.” The federal takeover of policing in Washington DC is broadly resented in the city.
When the journalist asked why he would yell at the Oklahoma officers for policing the capital, the man laughed and said, “Lick the boot. If you love the boot, lick it.”
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