An Illinois man, aged 24, was arrested on assault charges for attacking two police officers during protests in Washington, D.C. The protests were held against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in July. The man, identified as Zachary Allen Kam from Chicago, was taken into custody in Illinois and was scheduled to appear in court on the same day of his arrest.
The incident took place during a demonstration on July 24 at Columbus Circle, near Washington's Union Station. U.S. Park Police officers were in the process of arresting an individual who had pulled down a flagpole when Kam intervened. He physically assaulted one officer, causing scrapes and bruises, and then targeted another officer, dragging him to the ground.
