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Hours after March on Washington, protesters scattered throughout city, blocking roads and yelling
I suspect there's a lot of overlap with the crowd that harassed the diner in DC last week:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/08/25/dc-protesters-blm-diner-confrontation/
It was covered at DU. "As a tactic this is beyond stupid."
Wed Aug 26, 2020: Protesters target D.C. diners, triggering backlash after heckling woman
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Hours after March on Washington, protesters scattered throughout city, blocking roads and yelling at police
By Michael E. Miller, Samantha Schmidt and Tom Jackman
August 28, 2020 at 9:48 p.m. EDT
Some protesters who stayed in the District after the March on Washington ended Friday afternoon continued to spread their message, and elements of mayhem, around the city by temporarily shutting down major roads and tussling with police, even while rain deluged the area at nightfall.
At various points in the late afternoon, protesters blocked the Key Bridge, the Whitehurst Freeway, M Street in Georgetown, and the ramp to Interstate 395 from South Capitol Street during the evening rush hour. Often, they received gestures of support from motorists trapped in the sudden gridlock.
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The group later moved on, blocking the Key Bridge. They soon became a target, not for police but for pedestrians interested in photographing them. Protesters called them out, fearing the photos would be posted on social media and used by police.
“I’m just documenting history,” a White man argued with them. He refused to delete the photo. ... “I just took a group shot,” he said. “I support you.” ... “No, you’re not with us,” a protester snapped back, “because I’m asking you to delete that, and you won’t.” ... With police keeping their distance from those blocking Key Bridge, a few protesters pulled out cans of spray paint to leave messages on the bridge: “Free them all.” “Teach financial literacy to Black children.” “Look what you created.”
{snip}
Michael Brice-Saddler, Marissa J. Lang, Jessica Contrera and Rebecca Tan contributed to this report.
Michael Miller
Michael E. Miller is a reporter on the local enterprise team. He joined The Washington Post in 2015 and has also reported from Afghanistan. Follow https://twitter.com/MikeMillerDC
Samantha Schmidt
Samantha Schmidt is a reporter covering gender and family issues. Follow https://twitter.com/schmidtsam7
Tom Jackman
Tom Jackman has been covering criminal justice for The Washington Post since 1998 and anchors the True Crime blog. He previously covered crime and courts for the Kansas City Star. Follow https://twitter.com/TomJackmanWP
Hours after March on Washington, protesters scattered throughout city, blocking roads and yelling at police
By Michael E. Miller, Samantha Schmidt and Tom Jackman
August 28, 2020 at 9:48 p.m. EDT
Some protesters who stayed in the District after the March on Washington ended Friday afternoon continued to spread their message, and elements of mayhem, around the city by temporarily shutting down major roads and tussling with police, even while rain deluged the area at nightfall.
At various points in the late afternoon, protesters blocked the Key Bridge, the Whitehurst Freeway, M Street in Georgetown, and the ramp to Interstate 395 from South Capitol Street during the evening rush hour. Often, they received gestures of support from motorists trapped in the sudden gridlock.
{snip}
The group later moved on, blocking the Key Bridge. They soon became a target, not for police but for pedestrians interested in photographing them. Protesters called them out, fearing the photos would be posted on social media and used by police.
“I’m just documenting history,” a White man argued with them. He refused to delete the photo. ... “I just took a group shot,” he said. “I support you.” ... “No, you’re not with us,” a protester snapped back, “because I’m asking you to delete that, and you won’t.” ... With police keeping their distance from those blocking Key Bridge, a few protesters pulled out cans of spray paint to leave messages on the bridge: “Free them all.” “Teach financial literacy to Black children.” “Look what you created.”
{snip}
Michael Brice-Saddler, Marissa J. Lang, Jessica Contrera and Rebecca Tan contributed to this report.
Michael Miller
Michael E. Miller is a reporter on the local enterprise team. He joined The Washington Post in 2015 and has also reported from Afghanistan. Follow https://twitter.com/MikeMillerDC
Samantha Schmidt
Samantha Schmidt is a reporter covering gender and family issues. Follow https://twitter.com/schmidtsam7
Tom Jackman
Tom Jackman has been covering criminal justice for The Washington Post since 1998 and anchors the True Crime blog. He previously covered crime and courts for the Kansas City Star. Follow https://twitter.com/TomJackmanWP
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Don't harass reporters (or anyone else) for covering public protests. This is wrong and also remarkably stupid.