Howard County Youth leaders rally at the George Howard Building to call for a #GreenNewDeal.
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The funeral march departs the US Capitol, bound for the Columbus monument at Union Station and the Chinatown shopping area
On the 29th of November, as other stormed the shopping malls with nothing but holiday plunder on their minds, the weekly #FireDrillFridays climate/fossil fuels protest at the US Capitol morphed into a funeral march for young activist's futures. Teenage speakers reminded everyone that scientists now say there is only a decade left to avoid irreversible climage chaos-and that failure to act may destroy their future lives.
Video-a stirring song at the starting rally, the funeral march, and die-in at the Columbus monument 2 min 51 sec
Video-a representative of the Piscataway Nation speaks at the start of the US Capitol rally 3 min 46 sec
On the 25th of November, yet another group of protesters showed up at Trump Hotel demanding he be impeached and removed from office. This group emphasized his use of the White House for personal gain, a crime that prior to the current century would have led to a bipartisian vote to remove him from office. In the current "Party Uber Alles" situation anything can happen.
On the 19th of November, a group of hunger strikers from Extinction Rebellion set up shop in the cafeteria used by the Montgomery County council. They demanded the council back up its words on climate emergency with actual deeds which so far have been lacking. This cooincides with Extinction Rebellion's hunger strike in Nancy Pelosi's office also demanding serious measures on climate change.
Video interview with one of the hunger strikers 5 min 34 sec
Police line at G st holding furious protesters two blocks away from Erdogen's E st exit from the White House
On the 13th of November, as public impeachment hearings started, Donald Trump welcomed Turkish dictator Erdogan to the White House. This is while Turkish troops occupy part of Norther Syria and are destroying Kurdish towns. Outside the meeting, Kurdish and antifascist protesters banged drums, chased away pro-Erdogan provocateurs, and attempted to cut off Erdogan's escape route from the meeting.
Video featuring confrontations with Erdogen supporters, a YPG veteran's speech, and pursuing Erdogan's motorcade 7 min 19 sec
The lead of the march stopped at Trump Hotel for some public shaming
On the 8th of November, #RemoveTrump joined forces with Jane Fonda's #FireDrillFridays for a massive pro-impeachment march from the US Capitol to the White House. A sit-in was staged there but no reports of arrests at this writing.
Video: the Capitol Police interference, scene at Trump Hotel, arrival at White House 5 min 38 sec
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On the night of June 1, police responded to at least one house on Swann Street sheltering protesters affected by tear gas and exhausted from dodging kettles with an attempt to enter the house. As this is posted cops claim to have gotten a 9-11 call from inside, which is almost impossible. Many residents have opened their homes to shelter protesters from police and the military in a scene reminescent of Northern Ireland during the "troubles."
An earlier "probing" gas attack came moments after this "taking a knee" moment. The main attack came later
Video-scenes from before the attack, and CNN's clip of the gas attack 2 min 48 sec
During the day on the 1st of June, peaceful protesters "took a knee" and otherwise protested the murder of George Floyd and so many others by police. Just after Mayor Bowser's 7PM curfew, cops attacked with tear gas, shields, and sticks to split the crowd-so Donald Trump could cross H st on foot to give a speech at St John's Church.
Cops holding a useless position fire flashbang at protesters using no force
Update:Trump moved to bunker a second time Sun night
Video-police fire flashbangs and deploy gas, curfew fails 2 min 59 sec
Early on this SS car was smashed up near the White House
Video-scenes from the uprising 2 min 37 sec
Update May 31: Protesters return to streets, WUSA reports no curfew on grounds Mayor believes it would not be obeyed.
Furious crowd at Trump's White House
At 12:01AM on Friday, Mayor 29, Mayor Bowser lifted DC's stay-at-home order, removing the power of police to openly arrest people in disfavored neighborhoods for just for being away from their homes. For those in neighborhoods where police have not used the stay-at-home for harassment, the main change is "back to work" orders for those working in a long line of businesses not deemed "essential" by government.