WUSA9 reporter Nathan Baca shared photos of tear gas canisters found by news crews after police forcefully cleared protestors from Lafayette Square Monday night, further challenging the White House’s repeated denial that protestors were tear gassed ahead of President Donald Trump’s church photo op.
Baca took to Twitter on Thursday to break the news, reporting that WUSA9 crew members gathered police canisters that proved the use of both tear gas and natural OC gas, adding that he asked Trump and the U.S. Park Police for a response.
The presence of canisters containing CS tear gas is further evidence that police used tear gas on the crowd of protestors.