Trouble flared in Washington DC on election night after police detained two black men.
Demonstrators squared off with officers on Black Lives Matter Plaza Northwest, near to the White House, after the men were detained outside the Labourers’ International Union building.
It was not clear why they were being held.
Officers on bikes formed a barrier between the men and the crowd as protesters tried to force themselves through.
Chants of “f*** the police” and “no justice, no peace” broke out while demonstrators called on police to release the men.
Some protestors kicked police bicycles while others called for the crowd to not allow them to take away the two detainees. Officers escorted the detained men out through the barrier of bikes.
