D.C. man welcomed over 60 protesters overnight into his home

On Monday night, Washington, D.C. resident Rahul Dubey gave refuge to some 60+ strangers last night during the protests. He was on his Swann Street stoop at around 8:30 p.m. when protesters started gathering nearby. He began talking to them and allowed them to sit on his steps, charge their phones, and use his bathroom. He also let those that had been "pinned in" to escape through his house and out through his back alleyway. When he returned to his front door, by his account, there was a man who was "screaming" while "pushing and shoving" and pepper spraying. That prompted a "human tsunami" into his home as he flung the doors open.

Police were corralling the protesters and forcing them down the street with pepper spray.

We are trapped between 14th & 15th Streets on Swann St NW. Cops at both ends of the street even in the alleys. #dcprotest pic.twitter.com/xFHfaK3Rb4

— Ken Duffy (@KenDuffyNews) June 2, 2020

USA TODAY:

Dubey also told NBC Washington that police tried to enter his home a few times but that each time he spoke with them, saying the group was welcome in his residence.

"There was love there. In the mayhem of the darkness, minutes, hours after, there was love pouring out at 3 a.m. from people that should be sleeping, but they didn't. And that's what really is amazing," he told the TV station.

One of Dubey's neighbors, Becca Thimmesch, shared this:

Officers staked out outside Dubey's house for hours and were harassing him and the demonstrators inside, Thimmesch said.