"Free the people! Fight the power! Fuck the police! Revolution!"
On Saturday night, the "They/Them Collective" held another march throughout DC, beginning in Dupont Circle.
"Indict, convict, send those killer cops to jail! The whole damn system is guilty as hell!"
"One! Two! Three! Four! Slavery, genocide and war! Five! Six! Seven! Eight! America was never great!" chanted the activists as they marched through DC.
Ahead of the march, antifa activist @JasonRCharter tried to go "pig fishing" by offering police officers a donut on a fishing rod.
Awe, that's one of those crumb cake ones," one officer replied sarcastically. "That is delicious."
"I'm on a diet so..." rejected another.
Correction to earlier tweet: While "Revolution!" is used in some chants such as "You can't stop the revolution!" in the particular tweet I misheard "abolition" as "revolution."
The FTP March went to 17th street near Dupont, the site of several gay bars.
"You're going to listen to the stories of the murders of Black people within the DMV killed by the pigs, paid for by your tax dollars," they told patrons, who they blocked from filming with umberellas.
One patron from a gay bar called JR's insisted on filming.
The FTP activists were insistent that bystanders witnessing the event did not film and confronted/blocked him from pointing his phone at the event.
"If you believe that Black lives matter... I ask you, I challenge you, to raise your fist in solidarity!"
Most patrons at the restaurants did so.
"When you're asked to raise your fist up in the air, you are showing solidarity of which side of the history you stand on," an organizer said.
"When you don't raise your hand in solidarity, what you're saying is that you are comfortable to be white supremacist."
One on looker claimed to be "on your side" to the protesters but called it "bullshit" that they were blocking him from filming.
The FTP march continued, chanting "ACAB! Fuck the police!" and later "It's a revolution! It's a revolution!"
"Hands up, fight back!"
Some people filmed from the patio of Larry's Lounge, another gay bar.
"Raise your fist up the air, give us a clap... but please don't record the march. We don't want to snitch on freedom fighters."
A waiter asked patrons to stop filming as activists used umbrellas to block.
"Thank you for your own cooperation" said the organizer after most patrons stopped filming.
A line of cops on bikes followed and didn't respond as fireworks went off (second half of this clip.)
The group was well-received in Adam's Morgan, where some bars offered free water and @TownTavernDC offered bathroom use to the protesters.
A line of cops on bikes followed closely behind the activists along with cruisers behind.
Sgt. Travis Maguire argued with protesters, who demanded the cops stay 30 feet behind them.
Sgt. Maguire said that from the back of the core march, he'd bet $100 he was already 30 ft back.
"You do realize that they give us a book with everyone's picture and name," Sgt. Travis Maguire told the protesters.
The protesters tried to get him to say their names outloud to prove it.
"Do you think it's sad that #DeonKay is dead?" an activist asked.
"I have no idea who he is," said Sgt. Maguire.
"That's why I enjoy your marches so much, because I learn so much," added Maguire. "Did you guys preach about him tonight, because if so, I missed that part."
"Just because you put a little mask on does not change you," said Sgt. Maguire. "I could go back to the book and find out everything about you."
The march continued.
I asked Sgt. Maguire about the book, which he says is called a "beat book."
I plan to try to FOIA it.
If you were hoping to see that entire conversation in HD, you're in luck!
Here's uncut video of that, perfect for citing if anyone else wants to try to FOIA the confirmed-to-exist "beat book" described by the cops:
The protesters finished near the White House by chanting the Assata Shakur quote:
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
Here’s my full summary video of last night’s #FTP march in DC. As always, all footage available to license.
Protesters hold "FTP" rally throughout DC 9/13/2020
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This is my 4K footage of how the violence outside the United States Capitol began today.
You can see the first mace deployed (over the heads of officers, toward the activists) which angers the pro-Palestine crowd, who begins throwing water bottles as officers continue using mace.
A little over a minute into the clip is a flash grenade, one of only a couple I saw used today.
My understanding is this occurred after Netanyahu arrived but before he spoke to Congress.
2) As police engaged the crowd, a man scolded police and was maced as well.
The crowd continued marching, taking a wider route around the Capitol and avoiding most confrontations during the march itself.
3) "Smack Netanyahu in the head with that billy club!"
Activists continued a wide march around the United States Capitol from the West side to the East side clockwise.
Some pro-Israel, anti-Netanyahu activists stood along the path and were mostly ignored. Police blocked off streets heading close to the Capitol complex.
VIDEO THREAD: Protesters gathered Tuesday night in front of the Watergate Hotel (the second night in a row) for a noise demonstration against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who is staying inside.
"From DC to Palestine, Netanyahu's out of time!" chanted protesters using red and green smoke bombs. "Shut, shut, shut it down, no Zionism in this town!"
2) "Allahu Akbar! Hamas!" yelled one man through the fencer outside the Watergate at Israel supporters counter-protesting them from inside.
"Jewish motherf***ers!" he yelled. "We're gonna kill all of you!"
"We're gonna burn you!"
It should be noted that it was one lone individual, not the wider protest, using this specific rhetoric.
3) One man dawning an Israeli flag confronted the pro-Palestine protesters directly outside the Watergate.
"You're a coward, you should join the IDF and kill kids yourself, because you're a p***y," he was told.
The man says he's from Jerusalem, but he donates, rather than being in the IDF.
VIDEO THREAD: Police clashed with pro-Palestine protesters Friday night in New York City as President Biden visited Stonewall for an "LGBTQ+ Gala" and protesters demanded "No war criminals at pride!"
All video in thread by @olgafe_images for @N2Sreports
2) NYPD's Strategic Response Group forcefully pushed back pro-Palestine activists and made several arrests throughout the evening both attempting to keep protesters away from the event featuring President Biden and off of the streets.
3) Pro-Palestine protesters trying to reach the Biden event ran through the James A. Farley Building, but encountered both police and Israel supporters when they exited.
THREAD: The FBI, relying on the work of a paid Confidential Human Source "CHS" who surveilles from his own vendor booth at gun shows, and an additional undercover agent, have arrested Mark Adams Prieto, who they charge with trafficking firearms and say planned a mass shooting.
2) The feds say Prieto came to their attention in October 2023, when a paid CHS who had talked to Prieto 15 times in the past, "began making suspicious and alarming comments, including advocating for a mass shooting, and specifically targeting “blacks, Jews, or Muslims.”
3) At a January 20-21, 2024 gun show, the feds say Prieto was introduced to an undercover agent at the CHS's vendor booth.
By the second day, Prieto was allegedly sharing details about a planned mass shooting attack against a rap concert to kill Black people.
BIG VIDEO THREAD: Former President Trump received mostly boos from the Libertarians (a small VIP section plus 4 front rows) and cheers of support tonight from his supporters (who got most of the other seats) as he spoke in front of the Libertarian National Convention, who on Sunday will be nominating their own candidate for president.
Trump spoke in front of the "Become Ungovernable" logo featuring the anarchist circle-A.
The speech was unprecedented where for a major party candidate speaking at a rival political party's nominating convention.
2) As the Libertarians (closest few rows to the president) largely booed Trump and the MAGA (about 3/4 of the room, closest to the press riser) cheered him, some Libertarians stood with their backs to the former president during the speech.
3) Some context for this event can be found in the thread below.
Trump supporters filled much of the room about an hour and a half before the Libertarian delegates finished their work in another ballroom.
VIDEO THREAD: Anti-Trump protesters assembled tonight in opposition to former President Trump's rally in the Bronx.
A brief scuffle broke out over Trump supporters' Israeli flag, which led police - some in riot gear - to separate the two sides as some protesters fled.
"Go home! Go home!" Trump supporters chanted from across the police line.
3) "If you don't like him [Trump], go suck a dick!" a Trump supporter told filmmaker @RodWebber, who proceeded to pretend to take him up on the offer literally: "You told me to suck a dick! Let's go!"