VIDEO shows the shocking moment a man in BLACKFACE was punched in the head at Washington DC Black Lives Matter protest.
The video, circulating on social media, came amid a wave of renewed energy for demonstrations following the shooting of Jacob Blake, and deaths at a Wisconsin protest.
Cops were seen escorting a man in blackface away from angry Black Lives Matter protesters in Washington DC.
“Get out of here!” one person yelled.
“You’re going straight to hell!” another person yelled.
A man then took a swift swing at the man in blackface – and punched him in the head.
Cops dove at the man who swung his fist, as he ran away from them.
“You can’t catch him!” another bystander yelled at cops chasing the man.
One cop eventually got a hold of the man, as upset demonstrators tried to pull the cop off of him.
The incident came amid a wave of renewed energy in Black Lives Matter demonstrations, following the shooting of Blake and deaths at a Wisconsin protest.
Blake, 29, was shot in the back seven times by police in Kenosha on Sunday.
Although he survived, Blake was left paralyzed following the incident.
His fiance, Laquisha Booker, told KABC-TV that Blake’s three children were in the back of the truck when he was shot – and screamed in horror as the incident unfolded in front of them.
As protests across the country erupted in solidarity for Blake, a gunman opened fire at a demonstration in Kenosha, killing two and injuring at least one other.
Joseph D. Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, both died after the Tuesday night incident.
The alleged shooter has been identified as 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse.
Protests continue across the country, and demonstrators marched to the White House on Thursday night as the Republican National Convention continued.
