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Native American protesters blocked the road leading up to Mount Rushmore and faced off with the National Guard in the hours before Trump’s fiery speech

08/07/2020

The protesters were sprayed with pepper spray and 15 people were arrested during the demonstration on Friday

By Ashley Collman
4/07/2020

A group of mainly Native American protesters blocked the road leading up to Mount Rushmore for three hours before President Donald Trump gave a speech at the national monument Friday night.

When they refused to disband, the protesters faced off with the South Dakota National Guard, which shot close-range shells at their feet and sprayed some protesters with pepper spray, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

By 7 p.m., 15 protesters who refused to leave the road had been arrested.