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Protests against Israeli leader's DC visit block off Union Station on top of slew of road closures
Protests against Israeli leader’s DC visit block off Union Station on top of slew of road closures
Thomas Robertson | trobertson@wtop.com
Abigail Constantino | aconstantino@wtop.com
July 24, 2024, 6:12 PM
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered around D.C.’s Union Station on Wednesday afternoon amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the District for a speech before Congress, leading police to block off most entrances to the station.
The crowd set fires, defaced monuments in the area and scuffled with police, according to WTOP reporters who were at the scene.
Virginia Railway Express said in a post on X that Amtrak Police closed every entrance to the station except the entrance on the west side and that passengers were required to show their paper or mobile train tickets to gain access to the station.
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Thomas Robertson
Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.
trobertson@wtop.com
Abigail Constantino
Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.
aconstantino@wtop.com
Thomas Robertson | trobertson@wtop.com
Abigail Constantino | aconstantino@wtop.com
July 24, 2024, 6:12 PM
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered around D.C.’s Union Station on Wednesday afternoon amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the District for a speech before Congress, leading police to block off most entrances to the station.
The crowd set fires, defaced monuments in the area and scuffled with police, according to WTOP reporters who were at the scene.
Virginia Railway Express said in a post on X that Amtrak Police closed every entrance to the station except the entrance on the west side and that passengers were required to show their paper or mobile train tickets to gain access to the station.
{snip}
Thomas Robertson
Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.
trobertson@wtop.com
Abigail Constantino
Abigail Constantino started her journalism career writing for a local newspaper in Fairfax County, Virginia. She is a graduate of American University and The George Washington University.
aconstantino@wtop.com