Thread by @FordFischer

Today at the National Action Network's March on DC, the "Not F***ing Around Coalition" (NFAC) militia gathered in front of the MLK Jr. Memorial.

While they usually carry pistols and rifles, today they carried knives, a machete, empty pistol holsters, and wore bulletproof vests.

The #NFAC's leader who goes by the name "Grandmaster Jay" told the crowd forming at the MLK memorial that "The NFAC is the new Black Panthers."

They received huge applause.

He said that if people "put their hands on you, you send their ass to the hospital or to the morgue."

NFAC's Grandmaster Jay then led the crowd in chants of "Black power!"

Echoing comments he made in Louisville five weeks ago, he told "white allies" that "you can't join us, but you can help us."

He told them to "talk to your people" about racial issues.

As NFAC's "Grandmaster Jay" spoke more, a larger group assembled. He completed his approximately 5-minute speech with a final chant of "Black power!"

Here's my full video of what happened when the NFAC showed up at the "Commitment: Get Your Knee off our Necks" march in Washington DC.

As always, all footage available to license.

I collected raw footage as thousands marched from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.

Full video also available to license:

I also today filmed a unique, roving uncut crowd shot during the speeches of MLKIII, Al Sharpton, and the families of Jacob Blake, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd.

Screenshots below. Since I didn't get to livestream, I will premiere that totally uncut, but it will take a while.

Rev. Al Sharpton, MLK III, Lead ‘Get Your Knees off Our Necks’ March