Activists earlier marched on the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix after the US Supreme Court struck down the right to abortion
Police officers outside the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix, US, June 24, 2022. © AP Photo / Ross D. Franklin
Police fired volleys of teargas to disperse pro-choice protesters outside the state capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday night.
Video posted on social media appears to show officers firing teargas through the windows.
Firing teargas right into the crowd straight from the Capitol windows https://t.co/XeZ59XVotJpic.twitter.com/NwBtpTrSCt
— AZ Right Wing Watch (@az_rww) June 25, 2022
“Troopers deployed tear gas after a crowd of protesters repeatedly pounded on the glass doors of the State Senate Building,” Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bart Graves told CNN.
Several protests have been held across the US since the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday, overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing the right to abortions.
