Police deploy pepper spray in confrontation outside cellblock holding people arrested during demonstrations Peter Hermann, Marissa Lang, Keith L. Alexander D.C. police said they fired pepper spray in a confrontation with activists outside a cellblock where a group gathered Monday evening to greet people being freed from detention after arrests during weekend demonstrations in downtown Washington. Social justice activists said they were surprised by the police presence at what has become a routine event dubbed “jail support” to give people who had been held until their initial court appearances food, medical care and hugs. They described the police as overly aggressive.
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