Protesters vandalized parts of downtown Washington, D.C. on Friday as the ceremonies for the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump were beginning.
Newspaper boxes were torn away and scattered on the streets while one was reportedly burned. Storefronts were destroyed by protesters who smashed in windows to banks and restaurants just blocks from the Capitol and the White House.
An elderly man was seen being taken by paramedics with apparent injuries inflicted by protesters.
Starbucks vandalized at 13th and I. pic.twitter.com/Lvufm8PBui
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) January 20, 2017
Protesters smash windows of Bank of America, police moving in pic.twitter.com/lJZDQSwagB
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) January 20, 2017
Police spraying something at protesters pic.twitter.com/yeT0iYVgqL
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) January 20, 2017
Teargas, cops in riot foot and protesters breaking windows. pic.twitter.com/WiSo92Qo3L
— Patrick Madden (@Patrick_Madden) January 20, 2017
Minor vandalism on 13th street. @wcp box set on fire. Bus station smashed. pic.twitter.com/PYpEcTvzuv
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) January 20, 2017
Protestors outside the AP. They trashed the newspaper boxes. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/hUporjFu7R
— Tomoko Hosaka (@TomokoHosaka) January 20, 2017
#disruptj20 protesters blocking men in Air Force uniforms from getting through the #Inauguration checkpoint pic.twitter.com/XVErOHHBwg
— Ryan Lovelace (@LovelaceRyanD) January 20, 2017
Someone's limo got battered pic.twitter.com/HyG4ywDT3n
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) January 20, 2017
Windows broken during earlier protest at 13th and NY Ave NW. Calm now. #Inauguration pic.twitter.com/rHfdFPZHEY
— Neal Augenstein (@AugensteinWTOP) January 20, 2017
An elderly man was knocked over during violent protest on 13th and I. Loaded into ambulance, bleeding from the back of his head pic.twitter.com/M2DiFHz4Xq
— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) January 20, 2017
Wells Fargo. #DCprotest pic.twitter.com/nESHGztsXg
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) January 20, 2017
Protesters smash windows during #Inauguration protests pic.twitter.com/KZ50cJvzNk
— Sean Langille (@SeanLangille) January 20, 2017
Anti-Trump protesters also blocked Interstate 395, a major road in the D.C. area.
Anti-Trump protesters have blocked the I-395.pic.twitter.com/abFZdYVEHm
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 20, 2017
Update: The K St. limo is on fire pic.twitter.com/gzqUwUBR8P
— Mark W. Smith (@markdubya) January 20, 2017
The disruptions did not just start on the morning of the inauguration. On Thursday evening, anti-Trump protesters caused chaos outside of a pro-Trump party in the nation's capital.