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Sean Blackmon w/ Stop Police Terror Project & PSL leads “defund police” chant near WH.

Right before, he named D’Quan Young, Jeffrey Price, Marqueese Alston, & more black individuals killed by DC police. “Those police murders, it happened under her watch,” he says of DC mayor.

Downtown DC is pretty remarkable today. Organic marches down 7th & Pennsylvania Ave NW. Folks passing out free water bottles & PB&J. So many bikers and babies! So many things to love about the city today.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that the intense military presence and sounds of sirens amid BLM chants ... kill the vibe.

Not just downtown DC, there are protesters on U / 14th Streets NW. They are shouting “fuck brunch.” Why? Because folks are spending their day comfortably at brunch while folks in downtown are protesting against police brutality.

We Keep Us Safe Go-go rally shutting down the intersection of U & 14th St NW

#Moechella

U Street NW is magical today, everyone is dancing.

Wash Met students are out today, protesting. Many of them told me the city’s decision to close their school radicalized them:
washingtoncitypaper.com/news/city-desk…

https://twitter.com/brianjwheeler1/status/1269367355987169287?s=21

https://t.co/7mjTQV7bhg

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At Freedom Plaza, Fuel the People is passing out food by black & POC restaurants. Between yesterday & today, the org passed out food to 1250 protesters out.

I got a delicious chicken sandwich from Thamee. Random fact: Thamee co-owner is on a rent strike. washingtoncitypaper.com/news/coronavir…

In response to Mayor Bowser’s BLM street mural, protesters painted “defund police” at Pennsylvania & 14th Streets NW.

“This is calling Muriel Bowser to step up and to be about what she says she is about,” John, a protester who helped paint this, told me. #DCProtests