Police Question Man Who Allegedly Threw Molotov Cocktail

The Washington Post reports D.C. police are questioning a man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail Tuesday from atop his van on a busy downtown street as a form of government protest.

Shortly after 2 p.m., the man abruptly stopped his van at 17th and K St NW, and climbed up on the roof, said police spokesman Kevin Palmer. The man then unfurled a banner or flashed some sort of placard and allegedly threw the cocktail to the ground, Palmer said.

Members of the police department’s explosive ordinance unit responded as a precaution, along with the joint terrorism task force, a law enforcement team made up of both local and federal officials. A hazmat team from the D.C. Fire Department also responded to the scene.

The man was apprehended and taken to the second district.

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