by Jordan Lancaster, The Daily Caller:

Black Lives Matter protests broke out in the nation’s capital on Independence Day resulting in the highway between Washington, D.C. and Virginia being shut down.

The protesters started off Independence Day by dancing and stepping on an American flag at Black Lives Matter Plaza, chanting “fuck the Fourth of July and fuck the American flag.” (RELATED: Daily Caller Video Editor Vince Shkreli Harassed At DC Protest)

"F*** the 4th of July, F*** the American flag" #BLM protester tells Trump supporter pic.twitter.com/HW3BcDXlll

— Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) July 4, 2020

Later in the afternoon, a group burned an American flag outside of the White House while chanting “America was never great!”

Protesters outside the White House are getting ready to burn the American flag: pic.twitter.com/oB7fBbbI9P

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 5, 2020

They then left the park and got into a fight with Trump supporters at the Washington Monument. People fought over a pole that had a “don’t tread on me” flag, a Trump flag, and an American flag on it. The protesters screamed at police when they tried to come break up the fight, and they also got into a screaming match with Trump supporters.

A crowd of anti-police protesters walked by another group that was carrying American and Trump flags. The two sides got into a screaming match: pic.twitter.com/37josf34mT

— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) July 5, 2020

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