Tonight #BlackLivesMatter protesters marched about ten miles. In the Columbia Heights neighborhood, the group marched into Target and demanded that the store "stop calling the police on black people."
An employee tried to shut the entrance, but the group managed to hold it open.
"Until you stop calling the police, we'll continue to shut your business down," they chanted before marching away.
Here is uncut, HD video of the #BlackLivesMatter protesters entering Target and making their demands before continuing to march.
Earlier, another interesting moment: DC's Adams Morgan community has the streets blocked off for outdoor dining.
Protesters marched through the area chanting "Free the people, fight the power, fuck the police! Revolution!"
Some people dining cheered them on.
The group told stories of police brutality (I'll have uncut HD video up, you can also see the livestream.) After doing so, they asked diners "If you believe that black lives matter, I ask you to raise your fist" in solidarity.
Many, but not all, of the people dining did so.
Here's the full, uncut HD video of the #BlackLivesMatter march rallying in Adams Morgan.
The march went on into the night, heading way north of Columbia Heights.
One fun moment for all involved came when the march passed some people who were having a party on their porch.
The partiers cheered for the march, who shot off some fireworks as they walked past.
Police kept their distance, but had massive numbers. Check out the vanloads of cops they had driving parallel to the march, always staying no more than two blocks away.
Fireworks have become popular in DC, and could be heard throughout the night from all over the place. Protesters had a few of their own to add to the mix.
Ten miles and 3.5 hours from when they began, the group finally arrived outside thew White House, in the perpetual protest zone known as #BHAZ.
One interesting thing I noticed at the #BHAZ: A plainclothes cop of some kind is filming protesters on a camcorder. I can't tell if he's FBI, MPD, or other, but this is
what I got of his badge/ID and what he was up to.
Here is my HD summary of the #BlackLivesMatter march that made its way around Washington DC tonight.
Links to two other uncut HD videos from tonight as well as the full livestream are in the description, all available for license.
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Goodnight.
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