Washington DC Police Teargas Black Lives Matter Protesters

By Staff, Agencies

Black Lives Matter demonstrations began Tuesday evening around the Metropolitan Police Department [MPD's] 4th District Station in Washington DC where a window was broken.

MPD officers were later seen deploying tear gas and flash-bang grenades against demonstrators.

According to reports, around 8:40 p.m. local time, officers stationed at the Walmart in the area had cordoned off a portion of Georgia Avenue and "have been periodically unloading flash-bangs and huge plumes of pepper spray."

The ongoing protests in DC follow a Friday night crash involving a scooter operated by 20-year-old Karon Hylton and a vehicle in Northwest DC's Brightwood Park neighborhood.

Hylton was hospitalized on Friday and later died on Monday.

Citing the MPD, NBC Washington reported officers attempted to stop Hylton around 10:10 p.m. local time on October 23 after they saw him riding an electric scooter without a helmet. He then went down an alley and "collided " with a vehicle near the 700 block of Kennedy Street.

Family members, including Hylton's mother, and others close to the 20-year-old victim are demanding to see the body camera footage from the officers involved in the Friday incident.