A white pro-Palestinian protester was seen descending into an enraged meltdown after a police officer told her she was guilty of "cultural appropriation".
Footage of the incident at Union Station in Washington DC was filmed and shared across social media.
The moment came amid protests sparked by a visit from Vice President JD Vance and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Footage of the incident at Union Station in Washington DC was filmed and shared across social media
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In the video, the officer can be seen asking the protestor whether her Palestinian scarf amounted to "cultural appropriation", which sparked the outraged woman to claim that she was "trying to stop a genocide".
The protester fumed: "In what way? How is that [the scarf] appropriating Palestinian culture?"
The police officer was seen chuckling before saying: "You tell me".
She retorted: "You're the one who said it! You're the one who said I was appropriating Palestinian culture by wearing a keffiyeh scarf."
The officer can be seen asking the protestor whether her Palestinian scarf amounted to 'cultural appropriation'
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The officer questioned the protester as to whether she was Palestinian herself, to which she confirmed she wasn't - but was donning it to show "solidarity".
She added that wearing the traditional scarf, which is known as a keffiyeh, was cultural "appreciation", as opposed to appropriation.
A second protestor then barged into the conversation and quickly came to the woman's defence.
She scolded the officer and backed up the woman's claims that the traditional Arab headdress was symbol of solidarity to the Palestinian people.
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The stand-off came amid Vice President JD Vance (right), Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth (centre) and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller (left) visiting Union Station
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The intense stand-off came amid an unscheduled visit by Vice President JD Vance, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, who met with National Guard members.
The trio had planned on serving food to the law enforcement agents from Union Station's fast-food spot, Shake Shack, but were quickly disrupted by the protesters.
Mr Miller labelled the demonstrators "stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they're all over 90 years old".
The protests come after President Donald Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard to Washington DC in a bid to tackle crime in the US capital.
The President had threatened to place Washington DC under federal command amid "out of control" rates of crime sweeping the city.
Figures revealed that the capital city had a juvenile arrest rate nearly double that of the national average.
Last week, Washington DC's Attorney General announced the city would be suing Mr Trump following his decision to seize control of the city's police department.
Attorney General Brian Schwalb claimed that the administration's actions were "an affront to the dignity and autonomy of the 700,000 Americans who call DC home".