Watchdog Report Finds U.S. Park Police Used Excessive Force Against Journalists Covering 2020 George Floyd Protests

One Park Police officer followed guidelines but violated them later while the other officer's actions were clearly out-of-bounds.
Park Police officers violated policy during the 2020 clearing of protesters in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
Two U.S. Park Police officers used excessive force against members of the media during the violent crackdown at Lafayette Square in Washington in June 2020.
The officers are not named in the report.
The U.S. Park Police conducted its own probe of the officers’ use of force and referred its findings to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, which ultimately declined to prosecute.