Outside the White House Red carpet: Washington counter-referendant reported attacks, five arrested and one transferred to ICE

In the evening of 24 September, a welcome blanket was laid in front of the White House North Gate, and guests for the national feasts were present. The protesters ' cries were heard in the White House along with the loudspeakers, across the fence in Rafat Park. Associated Press reporters have documented this: the diplomatic ceremony of Xi Jinping is taking place, and the slogan against him is clear on the streets of Washington on the same day.

A few blocks away, other images are no longer mere political slogans. At about 3.20 p.m. on the same day, the Washington police discovered an ongoing attack near 17 North-West and New York Avenue, after which they arrested five men. On 29 September, China ' s human rights disclosures confirmed to legal representatives that five individuals were pro-democracy activists who had participated in the protest against Xi Jinping, among whom Pichohai was subsequently transferred to the custody of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office.

Welcome to the flag, protest with their stories

Upon his arrival in Washington on 23 September, Xi gathered on both sides of the road through the airport, the hotel and the convoy. The Associated Press reports that about 200 supporters outside Xi's hotelhouses have waved the flags of both countries. On the other side, protesters from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet and Uighur communities expressed different claims at embassies, White House and other venues.

These protesters are not a group with a single slogan. Zhang Na, a 31-year-old L.A. warehouse worker, interviewed by the Associated Press, spoke about her departure from China after she had experienced an epidemic seal; Christian Yang Fan came with his wife and daughter and was concerned about freedom of religion and the detainees in China. In the Voice of America interview, the President of the Taiwan-Taiwan Council, Cao Shijie, in Washington, D.C., spoke of Taiwan ' s claim to autonomy, while Wang Dan said he hoped to make the visit more accessible to more people about the names of Chinese political prisoners. Behind the dense slogans outside the White House are the experiences and demands of different people.

From airport to museum, the conflict did not stop with the departure of the convoy

On September 29, China Human Rights Field Materials released that outside the Andrews Joint Base on September 23, separate crowds of welcome and protest were in cross-barring and physical conflict, and protesters were stabbed with metal flag poles with five red flags.

The next day, the conflict took place in the National Museum of Asian Art. The protesters' champion, who told Chinese human rights, said that he had been stabbed by an umbrella, pushed down and had his eyes sprayed with pepper spray; The Zophyr was allegedly beaten by many people. The attack was reported by Huang Ming-fa and Guo Zhong, respectively. Near the EPA, Falun Gong practitioners worked hard to claim that they were being pulled down, beaten and bitten. The attacks were made through statements from the parties and relevant on-site material, and involved multiple locations, not a single case of five persons arrested on 17th Street.

The night before the morning of 25, there was another clash near the Chinese Embassy in the United States. Yuan Zai, who was preparing to protest, claimed that he had been hit in the abdomen with a pole and that the car had been damaged in glass and body; Information gathered by China on human rights also mentioned injuries to medical attention. The public video shows the police coming later. This left the three-day protest with more specific things than slogans, photos: the injuries of the person concerned, damaged property and a record of the conflict awaiting resolution.

At 3.20 p.m., five protesters entered the police programme roll

In the case of the 17th Street and New York Avenue incidents, the local Washington 7 News quoted police statements that two men were suspected of assaulting police officers, one of them of illegally taking other people ' s belongings and the other two of them of common assault. The police said at that time that the officers on duty were taking action after they saw the attack taking place. These are all suspected charges at the arrest stage and are not convictions.

However, the identity of the five individuals gave the arrest new news: according to Human Rights China, it was confirmed by legal representatives that they were all members of the anti-Si Jinping demonstration group. Meanwhile, several counter-referendants outside the museum, EPA and embassy reported attacks. According to CHRAJ, as of 29 September, no information had been found in the public records available to it regarding the corresponding criminal prosecutions of the alleged perpetrators.

A specific and important difference has emerged: the place, time and alleged charges of five persons can be read in the local news; Other sites were reported as spray, beatings and damage to property, but public follow-up remains incomplete. The absence of a public record of charges does not amount to a lack of police investigation; However, the protest, which is summarized in a separate “five persons arrested for the conflict”, would likewise exclude the other parties from the reader's perspective.

Picjo Sea: protests have broken out and detention continues

One of the five, Pijohai, was subsequently transferred to ICE custody, a follow-up to the disclosure of human rights in China on 29 September. The public information available is not sufficient to explain the basis of his immigration procedures, the relevant judicial documents and the final outcome of his proceedings. It is confirmed that for the Pijo Sea, street clashes on 17th Street did not end with the end of Xi Jinping ' s visit; He has since faced another federal immigration procedure that is different from the local criminal case.

This was also a personal situation that could not be taken by a “conflict between the two sides” in the incident: people were reported injured, others were taken away by the police and Pijohai lost his personal freedom for another period after his arrest. They happen on the same site to visit the surroundings, but they are not the same thing and cannot replace each other.

After the crowds are scattered

On 25 September, Voice of America was still recorded outside the National Archives as a separate street between supporters and Falun Gong protesters. The three days of Xi ' s journey to Washington ended, welcoming the withdrawal of banners and protest slogans, leaving behind several specific follow-up incidents: a criminal case involving five people on 17th Street, multiple reports of attacks and ICE detention in Picho Sea.

On the evening of 24 September, guests in the White House were able to hear protests outside the fence; A few days later, the results of the law enforcement that the public can see are not enough to present the story of every individual involved in the street. The diplomatic scene was marked by photographs and communiqués, while the streets were marked by injuries, arrests and detentions that had to be faced separately. For those participants in the Washington protests, the visit was over and the incident was not over.