Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House today.
While the two authoritarian heads of state chatted, Erdogan’s thugs beat the crap out of Kurdish protesters nearby.
Yes, armed guards with Turkey’s entourage beat up protesters on American soil today in Washington, D.C., and this is now apparently normal.
Absolutely insane video of Erdogan's thugs roughing up Kurdish protesters in D.C. today as cops struggle to stop them (they have immunity) https://t.co/Lsd4xPCvF7
— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) May 17, 2017
Beyaz Saray önünde protestolar… Erdoğan-Trump görüşmesini canlı olarak https://t.co/etPlnb5uke ve https://t.co/74JkFHfJwb 'nden takip edin pic.twitter.com/cR4MZQYSaa
— Amerika'nın Sesi (@VOATurkish) May 16, 2017
Türk Büyükelçiliği Konutu Önünde Kavga https://t.co/9yyILFEi9P pic.twitter.com/P94W9X7LOj
— Amerika'nın Sesi (@VOATurkish) May 16, 2017
Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan'ın korumalarının da aralarında bulunduğu grubun da karıştığı kavga sadece Amerika'nın Sesi'nin çektiği görüntülerde https://t.co/1zUg7r67o4
— Mehtap Colak (@Mehtap_Colak) May 17, 2017
#Erdoğan Washington'da kendisini destekleyenlerle biraraya geldi https://t.co/zigRCIObSQ pic.twitter.com/IwxKhjaW8M
— Amerika'nın Sesi (@VOATurkish) May 17, 2017
Türk Büyükelçiliği Konutu Önünde Coplu Yumruklu Kavga https://t.co/j2ffj0X1CX pic.twitter.com/0pptSKdyMX
— Amerika'nın Sesi (@VOATurkish) May 17, 2017
From 2016 https://t.co/4BOGQv5cHY
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 17, 2017
This isn't even the first time it's happened on a DC visit. This is what authoritarianism looks like. https://t.co/KFACX3apDC
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) May 17, 2017
As a longtime criminal lawyer I can now say the vid in my feed shows Erdogan's men committing SERIOUS VIOLENT FELONIES in full DC daylight.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 17, 2017
Who are those cops ? https://t.co/eiK5daSniY
— Tim ?? Dickinson (@7im) May 17, 2017
erdogans thugs kicking the living shit out of Kurdish protesters on video is bonkers. dudes getting face-booted right in front of dc cops
— ಠ_ಠ (@MikeIsaac) May 17, 2017
Erdogan's bodyguards beat up Kurdish protesters in D.C. Just imagine what we are going through back in Turkey. https://t.co/4UhOfS27WJ
— Mahir Zeynalov (@MahirZeynalov) May 17, 2017
Erdogan's bodyguards in violent clash with protesters in Washington DC https://t.co/uyaw7VWei7
— Claire Phipps (@Claire_Phipps) May 17, 2017
His crackdown in the streets of Washington. https://t.co/gablKMoukx
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) May 17, 2017
Protesters injured outside Turkish embassy in DC after Trump-Erdogan meeting – https://t.co/4kGK7SPuhq https://t.co/85CcWBolDl
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 17, 2017
Trump's campaign was a war cry against foreigners coming to America to do violence & now he invites Turkey to come and do it with impunity.
— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) May 17, 2017
Violence Breaks Out During Protest At Turkish Embassy In Washington, D.C. https://t.co/yFUe99rBoW
— NPR (@NPR) May 17, 2017
Here's President Erdoğan leaving the Turkish Ambassador's residence. No conflict now, but 9 people injured earlier (@wusa9). pic.twitter.com/aKAItcwidh
— John Henry (@JohnHenryWUSA) May 16, 2017
9 hurt, 2 arrested in altercation at Turkish Embassy in Washington https://t.co/230zb6Pcqs
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 17, 2017
PHOTO, TOP: JONATHAN ERNST/REUTERS. A group of anti-Erdogan Kurds shout slogans at a group of pro-Erdogan demonstrators in Lafayette Park as Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan met with U.S. President Donald Trump nearby at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 16, 2017.