'We’ll be out until no protester needs protecting,” one of the mothers, who organized the group 'Wall Of Moms,' told BuzzFeed News.
The women stood for a few hours outside the courthouse before federal officers used tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd.led to escalating tensions in the city
Barnum, a 35-year-old content marketer and mother of two, said she created a Facebook event on Friday night after she was angeredthat showed two armed and unidentified federal officers exiting an unmarked van, grabbing a person, and escorting them to a vehicle. “We wanted to look like we were going to Target, like normal people,” Barnum told BuzzFeed News, adding that she hoped their non-threatening appearance would let them provide protection. However, she said that the mothers were later tear gassed by federal officers.
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