Donald Trump inauguration: 6 policemen injured, 217 protesters arrested

Protesters set a Trump teeshirt on fire in the street as they make themselves heard following the inauguration of President Donald Trump PicPTIWashington Six police officers were injured and 217 protesters arrested after they smashed windows damaged cars and threw rocks at security personnel near US President Donald Trumps inauguration ceremony on Friday in Washington DCAt least two police officers and one other person were taken to the hospital for undetermined injuries after runins with protesters DC Fire Spokesman Vito Maggiolo told CNNAfter the swearingin ceremony demonstrators near 12th and K streets threw rocks and bottles at police who were clad in riot gear and attempting to disperse the crowd A large number of police were on scene and used smoke and flashbang devices to try to scatter the protestersPicPTIActing DC Police Chief Peter Newsham told CNN that there were several hundred protesters who were confronting police while he praised the thousands of other demonstrators who behaved in a peaceful fashion to get their point acrossWe have been pointing out all along that this is a very isolated incident and by and large everything is going peacefully and a lot of folks have come to the city to enjoy this historic day not only the Capitol but walking all around the city Newsham saidThroughout Friday demonstrators some wearing masks and dressed in black shattered building windows vandalized police cars and other vehicles setting some on fire including a limousine and toppled news kiosksPepper spray and other control devices were used to control the criminal actors and protect persons and property the police saidProtester Lysander ReidPowell a 20yearold student from New Mexico told CNN I think Donald Trump is a fascist and its very easy for people especially people who are in pain to slip into fascismAt one checkpoint about 50 protesters sat down in the street in an attempt to block Trump supporters from entering a secure area to watch the swearingin ceremony and speech Not far away a group of immigration backers staged a pop up protest near another check pointWere here to take a stand against the ideas that Trump spouted throughout the course of this campaign sexism Islamophobia his bigotry and nationalism said protester Jed Holtz from New York CityThere also were antiTrump protests around the world including London Hong Kong and Berlin where demonstrators held a sign that read Walls divide CNN reportedIn the West Bank Palestinians protested against Israeli settlements and Trumps plan to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel AvivIn New York seven people were arrested at a demonstration outside of Trump Tower according to the New York Police DepartmentOn Saturday the Womens March on Washington could attract a quarter million participants organisers saidWere really trying to set a tone of resistance for the coming years Lacy MacAuley a DisruptJ20 organizer told CNNDonald Trump represents a shift in our politics in a dangerous harmful exclusionary direction We oppose those policies of hateAccording to Department of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson as many as 900000 spectators were slated to attend inaugural ceremonies