President Joe Biden’s motorcade met by pro-Palestinian demonstrators as he leaves Dallas

President Joe Biden’s departure Thursday morning from Dallas was met by the jeers of people who gathered in front of the Fairmont Dallas hotel to protest his response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the Israeli military’s killing of civilians in the region. Nidaa Lafi, a member of the Palestinian Youth Movement in Dallas, said about 100 people gathered at the hotel around 5:30 a.m. By 9:50 a.m., about the time Biden was scheduled to leave for Houston during his visit to Texas, 40 demonstrators crowded the corner of North Akard Street and Munger Avenue in downtown Dallas. Roughly nine police cars and a dozen police officers could be seen creating a barrier in front of the demonstrators at the street corner. Many streets around the hotel already had metal barricades blocking off traffic and pedestrians. As Biden’s motorcade turned the corner, demonstrators banged on pots and pans and yelled into megaphones.