(Reuters)Anti-Trump protesters jeered and screamed at supporters of the president-elect outside the “DeploraBall” at the National Press Club on Thursday night, in one case throwing an object that struck a counterprotester in the head. D.C. police closed the 1300 block of F Street NW to motor vehicles as hundreds of demonstrators filled the roadway. A small group of protesters in hoods and black masks set a fire in the center of the street. Others inflated a 15-foot-tall white elephant with a banner attached that said “racism.”Officers directed chemical spray at the crowd multiple times, starting around 9 p.m., after protesters began throwing trash at Trump supporters who were leaving the building. The ball’s name was inspired by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s description of some Trump supporters as “deplorables.” It was initially planned for the Clarendon Ballroom in Arlington.

Source: Washington Post January 20, 2017 01:26 UTC