The protesters demonstrating against Trump's arrival were met with resistance from law enforcement, pepper sprayed and arrested after they blocked a highway to the monument with vans on Friday.
Protesters demonstrating against President Donald Trump's arrival in the Black Hills for the Mount Rushmore fireworks display were met with resistance from law enforcement, pepper sprayed and arrested after they blocked a highway to the monument with vans for nearly three hours Friday.
Protesters cited that the Black Hills are sacred to Native Americans and that Trump's administration opposes interests of Native Americans and other minority groups. A majority of protesters dispersed from the scene after the South Dakota National Guard arrived on scene about an hour after protesters blocked the road and law enforcement declared it as an"unlawful assembly" over a megaphone.
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