Severe weather or not! #DCProtest @PoPville pic.twitter.com/W3xtJyTLFB

— Erinn (@GRLA_Ontologist) June 5, 2020

And this Timelapse of the storm moving over the US Capitol by Nicholas Michael is pretty cool too: Read More

Photo by Lara Bryfonski

Thanks to Lara for sending: “phone charging stations out for those protesting today outside the national cathedral. Nice.” Read More

Thanks to Laetitia-Laure B. for sharing from Jaleo and China Chilcano in Penn Quarter. Read More

Thanks to S. for sending: “my kids hung these along the fencing [at the White House] this morning after curfew and before the crowds.” Read More

Photo by Victoria Pickering

“Dear PoPville,

Can you maybe stress the importance of unity and safety in numbers? This evening at Lafayette, immediately after a large group returned from marching to the Capitol, they took about half of the remaining folks with them for another march.

Leaving maybe two or three dozen people at Lafayette with an entire army.

It’s a mistake we’ve made over and over, and only leads to arrests and violence. Black lives are not being prioritized.“

Thanks to a reader for sending the shot above from 12th Street, SE just south of Lincoln Park.

Update: Finished mural from Georgia Ave and Emerson St NW sent in by Vieshnavi:

16th and I St, NW photo by Alex

This is where the soldiers and police were lined up yesterday.

16th and I St, NW by MB

But new barriers going up too: Read More

FULL ON CONCERT!!! He just sang “Lean On Me” and the entire crowd had their lights up and was singing along. The focus is no longer on the cops and is on the community now. This is PEACEFUL!! #washingtondcprotest #blacklivesmatter @wusa9 @DMVBlackLives @PoPville pic.twitter.com/WepCzq544B

— Valdez (@benyboi) June 4, 2020

@KENNY_SWAY above and below Protestors sing Sam Cooke together: Read More

Thanks to a reader for sending from 15th and H Street, NW. He’s Batman.

From the Kennedy Center:

“As announced yesterday, beginning Tuesday, June 2, the Kennedy Center’s lights that normally illuminate the Center will be dimmed for nine nights in honor of George Floyd, marking the final nine minutes of his life.

We take a stand for George Floyd and for so many others who have lost their lives as a result of racial violence and bigotry.

Dimming the lights is a symbol. It is not the solution. Read More