Protesters threw objects at former President Joe Biden as he left Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday, and Irish police have charged one man.
Biden was at the college with former first lady Jill Biden for a College Historical Society ceremony in which their son, Hunter Biden, received the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse. Protesters gathered in Trinitys Front Square, and video showed some waving Palestinian flags and chanting, Blood, blood, blood on your hands, as the family left. White liquid, believed to be milk, and other objects were thrown toward the group and the vehicle Biden was entering, and close protection officers shielded him with umbrellas.
A college spokeswoman, Catherine OMahony, said the protest escalated while the Bidens were leaving. The Biden family left without incident, she said. Irish police said Wednesday that three adult males were arrested in relation to a public order incident at Trinity College Dublin, that one man in his 50s has been charged and is due to appear in court, and that the two other men were released without charge.
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