For the second day in a row, the security team working for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, clashed with opposing protesters in Washington, DC Security staff removed journalists and even confronted city police when the officers refused to remove protesters from the area. RT reports: With Erdogan set to give a speech at the Brookings Institute on Thursday, a group of protesters opposing his crackdown on free speech in Turkey, his government’s treatment of the country’s Kurdish population, and what they say is his tolerance of Islamic State, gathered near the DC-based think tank to express their opposition. Protesters chanting” #Erdogan is commander in chief of ISIS” outside the Brookings where he is speaking soon pic.twitter.com/EE1akSSHeO — Paulina Leonovich (@Polly_evro) March 31, 2016 The scene quickly devolved into chaos as demonstrators tried to get closer to Brookings, with journalists tweeting that Erdogan’s security scuffled with protesters. This is happening outside Brookings pic.twitter.com/dG4QQZ32xd — Yochi Dreazen (@yochidreazen) March 31, 2016 Erdogan’s security detail became physical with reporters, removing one journalist from Brookings, kicking another, and throwing a female reporter to the sidewalk, according to Foreign Policy magazine. Journalist Adem Yavuz Arslan has been kicked out of #Brookings building by Erdogan’s men. [...]