YEREVAN, MAY 20, ARMENPRESS. US Democrat Senator Jack Reed has issued a statement on Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail’s attack on peaceful protesters in Washington, D.C. on May 16, reports ARMENPRESS.

“I join with all Americans in condemning the violence by President Erdogan’s bodyguards against peaceful protestors outside the Turkish embassy in Washington, DC.

It was disgraceful that the President’s bodyguards beat members of our community who were peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights.

Those members of the security detail involved in the attacks should be disciplined and the Trump Administration must make it clear to all embassies in the United States that our laws protect protesters and their right to peaceful assembly and free speech”, reads the statement.

On May 16, a group of peaceful demonstrators protesting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s official visit to the United States, were attacked by pro-Erdogan groups—including members of Erdogan’s security team—at the Sheridan Circle near the residence of the Turkish Ambassador to the U.S.

In a footage released a bit later it’s clearly seen how Erdoğan personally instructs his bodyguards to attack the protestors.