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A force trained to safeguard peaceful protests turns on them

by Associated Press
| June 7, 2020 8:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Few have watched how the U.S. Park Police deals with protesters for as long and as closely as Ellen Thomas, an anti-nuclear activist who anchored a continuous sit-in vigil day and night on the pavement in front of the White House over two decades.

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