Photo by Dean Scott
Thanks to Dean for sending around 4:25pm:
“Peaceful protest heads north just now on 14th St NW Logan Circle crossing P street.” (more…)
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Photo by Zoe McLaren.
Thanks to Zoe for sending: “DEA and military police blocking 10th and 11th south of Mass Ave.”
Melissa reports: “From 6th to 16th is blocked with NG trucks!”
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Thanks to Tyler for sending the photo above: “here’s a shot of protests at the White House now”
Starting to get reports of a big police presence in Columbia Heights around 14th and Park Road, NW. Seems like there could be a few different things going on:
“lots is sirens and helicopter circling in Colombia Heights between 13th and 14th near Park/Monroe streets.”
“they are patrolling with some armor on, hanging out until dark it looks like.”
Another report says: “passed by The Woodner complex (16th St NW) there’s a ton of police cars outside the building’s entrance.”
doing this again. tonight. 7pm. get yer pots, get yer spoons, head to an open window or balcony, bang like hell. https://t.co/R8GgRZmvoS
— Peter Krupa (@peterkrupa) June 2, 2020
Photo by Tim Brown
“Dear PoPville,
I imagine I am not alone in wanting to join the protests downtown but not doing so because of personal reasons (in my case a young kid, but what for others may be work, vulnerabilities to COVID, transportation, etc.). I would like someone to organize some sort of peaceful but noise making protest that people can do from home at a coordinated time to show support, but having not seen anything yet. So I’m writing to see if you would post something. It’s not too creative, but I would propose having everyone honk their car horns, bang pots and pans, etc. at 8:46 (amount of time Chauvin, the cop, kneeled on Flloyd) in the morning (night time seems unfair to people with kids) on Wednesday (to give it time to hopefully spread) for one minute.”
@PoPville Just thinking that so many of us in DC have access to a window, a balcony, a rooftop, etc from our homes, where we can safely unite in a unified voice at a specific time tonight to send a message, No Justice No Peace, that the police can't mute out. Thoughts?
— Bailey Nash (@baileycnash) June 2, 2020
Thanks to E for sending: “The grounds within one block of the White House have been closed to cars, bikes, and pedestrians. Uniformed police officers are turning all traffic around. As well as 15 and 17 btwn Con and Penn”
Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory via Archdiocese of Washington
Thanks to Kip for sending Archbishop Wilton Gregory. (more…)
So much was surreal yesterday/last night. Add one more.
“MPD warning citizens to go home or be arrested at 3rd and H NE at around 7:30.”
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Photo by angela n.
From Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Office:
“Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released the following statement after President Trump’s erratic and violent evening holding a press conference in the Rose Garden while peaceful protesters were being shot with tear gas and rubber bullets nearby. After the press conference, during which his rhetoric became increasingly violent, President Trump went to nearby St. John’s Episcopal Church, which had been damaged by rioting the night before. When he arrived, the President held up a Bible and stood for photos.
“President Trump cemented his image in history as he ordered the use of force against peaceful protesters and then stood on the steps of a historic church in the Nation’s Capital holding a Bible in the air. His stance in front of St. John’s church across from the White House gave the appearance of a provocateur, protected, of course, by police from harmless protestors, who had threatened no one. If he was concerned about the church, why didn’t he ask the rector of St. John’s to stand with him? (more…)