Anti-Israel protestors and Hamas sympathizers who desecrated Washington, D.C.’s Union Station have learned their fates.
A minimum of eight people who participated in the anti-Israel protest during Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s speech Wednesday are now facing federal criminal charges after defacing federal property and fighting police.
Some protestors, however, have had their charges dropped by more lenient Washington, D.C. prosecutors.
Frederick Coates, Crow Momamome and Antonio Somerville have all been charged with attempting to carry a dangerous weapon, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C.
Nathaniel Lawrence, Sonia Krishan and Roger Miller have been charged with attempted theft.
Zachary Kam has been charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer.
And Essa Ejelat has been charged with making threats.
The American flag was reportedly taken off of a flag pole outside of D.C.’s Union Station train terminal before being burned by anti-Israel protestors. The demonstration began outside of Capitol Hill during Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Then the demonstrators marched to the century-old train station and burnt its flag and graffitid its monuments
Authorities also maintain that the protest, which began near the National Mall close to the U.S. Capitol before heading to the train terminal, is still an open investigation and updates could come.
In addition to those charged there are numerous protestors who were arrested that will not face charges, Fox News reports.
The D.C. attorney general’s office got at least 11 cases ‘no-papered,’ which means that the charges were dropped.
Among those three were charges for crossing police lines, five were for disorderly conduct and inducing violence and three were for disorderly conduct causing unreasonable fear.
All of the charges are misdemeanors.
Further, the report reveals an additional five pending cases for crowding and obstructing, though prosecutors have yet to decide whether to press charges.
Protestors ignite an American flag at Union Station
2022 Miss Maryland Teen USA Sonia Krishan, also spelled Soniya Krishan. The ex-beauty pageant winner was among the rioters at an anti-Israel protest Wednesday at Washington, where American flags were burned.The beauty queen, a former Miss Maryland Teen USA, is listed on a court docket as having been charged, along with nine others, with at least five crimes for actions during the protest outside Union Station in the nation’s capita
She has reportedly been charged with alleged theft
Some demonstrators wrote support for the terrorist group Hamas on public monuments
Police officers try to stop pro-Palestinian demonstrators from taking down a U.S. flag outside Union Station
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators burn a U.S. flag and an effigy depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday
Pro-Palestinian protesters and police clash at Union Station
‘Hamas is coming’ is tagged in red on the Columbus Fountain
Minor offenses from the protest are generally being overseen by the D.C. attorney general’s office while the more serious charges are being handled by federal prosecutors.
One of the protestors at the Wednesday demonstration had their face covered while screaming ‘Allahu Akbar,’ Fox News reports.
Others carried a Hamas flag and donned clothing bearing the terrorists group’s insignia.
‘Hamas is coming,’ was graffitid onto the Columbus Fountain outside of the century-old train terminal.
The Israeli prime minister, who started and finished his address to Congress on Wednesday with standing ovations, called out anti-Israel protestors during his address.
‘Some of these protesters hold up signs proclaiming ‘Gays for Gaza’, he said to loud applause.
‘They might as well hold up signs saying ‘Chickens for KFC,’ he continued, receiving laughs from the audience.
Netanyahu spoke about the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship during his speech, highlighting how the two’s close ties have been instrumental in the Jewish nation’s fight against Palestinian terror group Hamas.
‘America and Israel must stand together,’ Netanyahu proclaimed, receiving a standing ovation in response.
‘When we stand together, something very simple happens, we win and they lose.’
Graffiti is written on Union Station during a demonstration against the Israeli operations in Gaza
Police detain a Pro-Palestinian protester at Union Station
Hundreds flocked to the train station for the anti-Israel protest
After the protestors were cleared out of Union Station, a group of lawmakers channeled their inner UNC frat boy – like the ones who held up the flag amid anti-Israel protests in April – and held a ceremony reattaching the flag at the terminal.
The group of lawmakers including Speaker Mike Johnson marched down to Washington, D.C.’s Union Station on Wednesday evening to replace the American flag that had been torn down and burned in protest of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress.
In scenes reminiscent of the fraternity brothers who protected the flag during protests at the University of North Carolina, the group of Republicans, including Reps. Rudy Yakym, Ind., Derrick Van Orden, Wis., Morgan Luttrell, Texas and Brandon Williams, N.Y., hung the flag up and said the Pledge of Allegiance.
Earlier in the day officers were engaged in violent scenes as thousands of demonstrators descended in Washington D.C. to vent their fury at the Israeli Prime Minister over the war in Gaza.
