The State Department is “closely following” a recent incident involving a Chinese Consulate guard attacking peaceful protesters with pepper spray outside the diplomatic mission in Los Angeles, a spokesperson told The Epoch Times.
“The right to peaceably assemble is guaranteed by the First Amendment of our Constitution. The repression of the exercise of this fundamental freedom will not be tolerated in the United States of America,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
The attack took place on Jan. 4, after dozens of Chinese activists staged a peaceful protest outside the Chinese Consulate General to celebrate the U.S. arrest of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro….
State Department Voices Concern Over Attack on Protesters Outside Los Angeles Chinese Consulate
