March 19 2008: After a few hours of peaceful protesting police officers began encirlcing protestors and squeezing them in circle which got smaller and smaller. Many of the men and women were crying out in pain asking the officers to stop. The DCPD responded by telling them they would stop once everyone left the premises. Unfortunately even if the protestors had wanted to, it would've been impossible since the officers had created a human blockade. This situation continued for another hour.