2 arrested, 2 officers injured, during flag-burning incident in downtown D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBFF) - Two people were arrested during an incident involving the burning of a U.S. flag in downtown Washington, D.C., today.

Two Secret Service officers also suffered minor injuries, reported the Secret Service.

Officers responded at about 5:30 p.m. to the incident on Pennsylvania Avenue, "involving an individual who was burning an American flag outside the limits of a permit that had been issued by the National Park Service," according to a news release.

Two people were arrested, one for felony assault on a police officer and malicious burning, and the other for obstructing a police investigation and resisting arrest.

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