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Judge tosses most claims over clearing protesters in DC park

by Michael Balsamo
| June 21, 2021 6:30 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a majority of the claims filed by activists and civil liberties groups who accused the Trump administration of violating the civil rights of protesters who were forcefully removed by police using chemical agents from a park near the White House before then-President Donald Trump walked to a nearby church to take a photo.

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