The March for Our Life rally in Washington, D.C., hosted on the National Mall noticed a guy try to cost the phase on Saturday.

The disturbance happened for the duration of the rally's instant of silence, a March for Our Life spokesperson instructed the Washington Examiner. Reports on the scene captured the moments soon after the gentleman approached, which prompted quite a few in the group to strike the ground out of concern he was armed, and steel gates fell over in the chaos. The gentleman had thrown an unidentified object into the crowd before he was detained, a reporter at the celebration said.

"There was no threat to the viewers at any time," the spokesperson reported. "The specific was straight away eliminated, the organizers acknowledged the problem with the group, and the system carries on as planned."

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"Get him out of below," another person on the phase said, in accordance to a video clip of the disruption. "Let's not give interest."

The group broke out into chants of "peace is a life style" next the incident.

"Practically nothing to be anxious about," an unidentified speaker certain the group. "Thank you all for being right here."

In advance of the interruption, the group heard speeches from many speakers, together with co-founders David Hogg and X Gonzalez, Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), Mayor Muriel Bowser, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s granddaughter.

Rev. Denise Walden-Glenn of Buffalo, New York, whose brother was shot years in the past, was speaking at the time of the disruption.

President Joe Biden applauded the protesters in a tweet Saturday.

"I join them by repeating my phone to Congress: do something," Biden wrote.

Lawmakers have elevated calls for stricter gun control subsequent the Uvalde college taking pictures in Texas that led to the fatalities of 19 learners and two instructors. Final 7 days, the Dwelling passed quite a few gun reform expenditures, but the proposals facial area rigid opposition in the Senate.

Some 450 rallies are happening around the nation Saturday, together with in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, in accordance to march organizers.

The Countrywide Park Assistance, which was on the scene, for each the Metropolitan Law enforcement in Washington, did not react to the Washington Examiner's ask for for comment.