Numerous protesters have scaled the “no-scale” fence erected by the DNC, and now police are pepper spraying some of them to keep them back.
Video from outside the gate shows protesters clashing with police — through the wall.
Protesters outside #DNC scale fence & peppersprayed by Homeland Security & Secret Service #DNCinPHL #DemsInPhilly pic.twitter.com/o4hAzECY2J
— Unicorn Riot (@UR_Ninja) July 27, 2016
One woman, who attempted to block it with her Bernie Sanders sign, could be seen coughing after apparently being sprayed. (Or maybe she smelled another protester’s BO.)
An older woman said she was hit, too, by officers witnesses say were with the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security.
“It hurts like hell, so does the whole side of my face,” she said, pointing to the right side of her visage.
She said she was there for “democracy.”
When asked what she thought of the Democratic Party, she shouted, “F*ck the Democratic Party! That’s what I say.”
She was then filmed scaling the “no-scale” fence, as were several other protesters who climbed over the 8-foot wall.
They were promptly detained by awaiting officers.
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