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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THREAD: I was one of only two media I'm aware of in the courtroom today for a lengthy hearing where the federal government fought to hold Russell "Duke" Vane IV pre-trial.
This thread will be based on my notes and court documents.
BREAKING THREAD: On April 11, Russell Vane IV - the subject of my reporting who allegedly attempted to provoke a Virginia militia group into producing explosives - was arrested.
He is charged with "Attempted production of a biological agent or toxin."
3) The feds cite my reporting, where I show unclassified government documents that the Virginia Kekoas militia members were allegedly handed by Duke, and he later appears to acknowledge giving them.
INVESTIGATIVE VIDEO THREAD: The Virginia Kekoas, a pro-gun prepper militia based in Eastern Virginia and formerly affiliated with the Boogaloo movement, tells News2Share that they recently kicked out a member they believe may have been plotting an explosives-related entrapment attempt against the group, or worse.
Russell Richardson Vane IV first made contact with the Virginia Kekoas in April 2022, according to the group's leader Eddie Ray, who goes by "ICE" and member Cody Beckner, who goes by "Sasquatch." Vane allegedly adopted the call sign "Duke."
The pair provided extensive screenshots and documents showing that since joining, Vane - as "Duke" - engaged in an escalating sequence of unusual behavior that included apparent provocations for the group to develop homemade explosives. Homemade explosives lacking an ATF registration are generally a federal felony.
"Sasquatch" and "ICE" spoke exclusively to News2Share to provide a thorough timeline of the events that led up to "Duke" being removed from their organization.
2) ICE and Sasquatch say that upon reaching out to the Kekoas in 2022, Duke identified himself as working for the CIA, but was allowed to remain a prospective member rather than being ejected because they believed he may have advanced knowledge of world-altering events.
3) Within two weeks of joining, the pair say Duke asked about a "group fund." They say no fund exists and members pay their own way, but such a fund could "fall under certain federal laws" like RICO.
ICE says Duke also asked about forming his own chapter and was denied.
VIDEO THREAD: Bodycamera footage has been released showing a Chicago Police Officer last month blindly firing his gun toward a child who had been playing with fireworks, missing every shot.
The shooter was one of three cops responding to a faulty "ShotSpotter" alert of gunfire.
2) A Ring camera shows the child playing with a ball and fireworks.
About 15 seconds in, the fireworks ignite, followed immediately by police gunfire.
"No, it's just fireworks!" the child says about 28 seconds in.
3) A second bodycam from the January 25 incident was also released.
This officer erroneously reports "shots fired at police" but unlike his fellow officer, he does not shoot in the direction of the unarmed child.
VIDEO THREAD: Pro-Palestine activists burned an Israeli Flag outside the Israeli Embassy tonight while playing the audio of U.S. airman Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation here from just one day ago.
"This is in solidarity with Aaron, who burned his body. At the very least, we can burn the Zionist flag," one said.
"If we burn, you burn with us!" the group chanted.
"Quit your jobs!" they chanted at police guarding the building.
2) "You killed that man!" an activist yelled at Secret Service guarding the Israeli Embassy. "You pulled your guns out instead of a fire extinguisher!"
Ashes from U.S. airman Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation remained on the sidewalk beside the officers' feet.
3) "In a selfless and devastating act of immolation, this service member laid down their life to spotlight the struggles, the injustices, and the relentless pain endured by countless individuals every day in Palestine. His last, true, words were 'Free Palestine.'"