Silke Jasso
According to WTOP in Washington, D.C., a 15-year-old boy wearing a Donald Trump hat, believed to be a supporter of the president-elect, was beaten at a rally on Wednesday.
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“Students from Richard Montgomery High School were marching near the Rockville courthouse on Maryland Avenue, when a 15-year-old boy wearing a Trump hat was ‘beaten down, to be honest,’” WTOP’s Nick Iannelli reported on Wednesday.
Large group of students demonstrating on the steps of the old #Rockville Courthouse #breakingnews @nbcwashington pic.twitter.com/IVv90GguP1
— ʙʀᴀᴅ ꜰʀᴇɪᴛᴀꜱ (@Chopper4Brad) November 16, 2016
According to the news outlet, the student was driven away in an ambulance, though he didn’t seem to be gravely injured.
The incident reportedly occurred near the Rockville, Md., courthouse, where students from the local high school had gathered.
https://twitter.com/HillYesWeCan/status/798920935831052290
Social media users soon began posting videos and photos from the protest.
According to a report from a local NBC broadcast, students expressed concern for their friends of minority descent.
Richard Montgomery HS are marching towards the courthouse in Rockville – 3rd straight day of student protest @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/IbcijeHrJc
— Stephanie Ramirez (@RamirezReports) November 16, 2016
