A huge pro-Palestine protest at the White House has descended into chaos with smoke bombs let off and attendees claiming they were maced.
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington on Saturday calling for a ceasefire on Gaza.
Video shows smoke billowing in front of the White House as a speaker delivers a speech to a crowd calling Israel a “butcher of Gaza.”
Independent journalist Ford Fischer shared a photo of his bloodshot face claiming that mace had been deployed on the crowds during an attempted arrest.
In another clip cops can be seen making their way through the throngs to shouts of “Free Palestine” and “f*** the police.”
Activists were bussed across state lines to attend the huge rally, which marks eight months since the war began.
More than 36,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s strikes on Gaza, which began in the wake of the Hamas attack of October 7 which killed 1,200 Israelis.
The chaos unfolded as Biden was out of the country on an official visit to France.
