Bernhardt defends Park Police after another violent clash

摘要

U.S. Park Police officers chased away hundreds of protesters near the White House yesterday after some of themtried to bring down a statue of former President Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square.The clash marked the second violent confrontation for the Park Police this month, following a June 1 incident that drew widespread complaints about the use of pepper bombs and smoke canisters to disperse protesters.With the Park Police already the subject of a federal probe, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt rushed to defendthe officers he oversees.