Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The violence took place outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington DC, last month
The Congress has called for criminal charges against those involved in a brawl outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington DC last month.
Its resolution laid the blame at the door of bodyguards working for Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying they had beaten up Kurdish protesters.
The Turkish embassy previously said the demonstrators had aggressively provoked Turkish-Americans gathering to greet the president, who was visiting the US.
Videos of the incident appear to show Turkish security officials punching and kicking unarmed Kurdish demonstrators.
"Any Turkish security officials who directed, oversaw, or participated in efforts by Turkish security forces to illegally suppress peaceful protests... should be charged and prosecuted under United States law," the resolution states.
House speaker Paul Ryan urged the Turkish government in Ankara to "finally accept responsibility for this egregious incident and apologise to those who were harmed".
jeanlucpikachu on June 7th, 2017 at 15:32 UTC »
Mostly unanimous vote, 397-0.
When was the House this united on anything?
edit: My apologies for the confusion, I said "mostly unanimous" because 33 Congresscritters didn't vote.
TNNRR on June 7th, 2017 at 12:50 UTC »
Not a brawl. Quit calling it that.
It was an attack, likely coordinated and ordered. Women and old men getting kicked in the face by armed goons is not a "brawl". A foreign paramilitary group attacking unarmed Americans is not a "brawl".
ramblinrabble on June 7th, 2017 at 11:41 UTC »
Is it bad that so much crazy shit happens in the American government seemingly every day, that I completely forgot about the embassy ordeal, even though it only happened one month ago?