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Protesters throw objects toward Biden in Dublin; three arrested
Protesters threw objects and liquid believed to be milk toward Biden's group at Trinity College on Tuesday. According to a report citing police, three were arrested and two released without charge. The college said the family left without incident; a direct hit on Biden was not verified. Photo: Niall Carson / PA via Getty Images, from the visit, not the moment objects were thrown.
· Photo: Niall Carson / PA via Getty Images, during the visit, not the moment objects were thrown.
Pro-Palestinian protesters confronted Joe Biden at Trinity College on Tuesday. According to NBC's report citing police, three were arrested; the institution said the Biden family left without incident.
Former U.S. President Joe Biden encountered a protest in Dublin on Tuesday, Nov. 10, during a visit to Trinity College with his wife, Jill, and son Hunter. Footage described by NBC shows Palestinian flags, scuffles with police and objects and white liquid, believed to be milk, thrown toward the group. A direct hit on Biden was not verified.
Biden attended an event honoring Hunter at the college's Historical Society. According to The Jerusalem Post, chants included "Genocide Joe." A college spokesperson told NBC the protest escalated as the family was leaving, police arrived and the Biden family departed without incident.
NBC reported Wednesday, citing Irish police, that three adult men were arrested following a public order incident. A man in his 50s was charged and is due in court; the other two were released without charge. The specific offense was not detailed. An earlier Jerusalem Post report cited two arrests.
Student unions, by contrast, described the protest as peaceful in a joint statement and alleged disproportionate police force, according to The Jerusalem Post. These are their allegations. The sources reviewed do not confirm that Biden was injured or struck by milk.
Source: NBC News
