Police Officer Assaulted By Two Attendees at Kamala Harris Rally – EVOL

Authorities in Washington, D.C., arrested two suspects for allegedly assaulting a police officer near Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign rally on Tuesday night.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) reported to Fox News Digital that the arrests occurred around 7:00 p.m. at the intersection of 17th St. and Constitution Ave., Northwest, just a few blocks south of the White House.

The suspects—a man and a woman—were taken into custody right outside the perimeter of the Ellipse, the park where Harris was holding her rally. The campaign event was still ongoing at the time of the arrests, with Harris scheduled to take the stage at approximately 7:40 p.m., the outlet reported.

An MPD spokesperson said that an individual “attempted to cross a police line near the intersection of 15th Street and Constitution Avenue, Northwest.”

17th St. and 15th. St. along Constitution Ave. are the west and east corners of the Ellipse, respectively, Fox noted.

“The individual ignored the officer’s commands,” the official explained to the outlet. “As officers attempted to remove the woman, she began assaulting the officer.”

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“A second individual approached the officers from behind, and assaulted them,” the statement noted further. “Both individuals were placed under arrest without further incident and charged with

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