Here at Malcolm X Park in Washington DC, protesters gather for #DaunteWright.

They are assembling shortly to march.

Police aren’t within the park but stationed around its exits.

Most people dressed in block, I’d guess a couple hundred or so.
The March begins.
“If we don’t get it, burn it down!”
Police posted around their route. Umbrella-carrying activists block their view.

So far, I haven’t seen any active police interaction.
“When Black lives are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!”
The group is now at DuPont Circle.

Since filming this shot, they’ve paused in the circle.
Protesters enter DuPont Circle Metro Station.
Protesters bypass turnstiles and enter metro train heading east.

I filmed myself pay so no overzealous cop gets to arrest me on the claim that I participated.
Protesters on a train!
Protesters exit trains three stops away at Gallery Place, where they walk by police and exit turnstile.

So far police haven’t intervened.

It is really unusual for protesters to (successfully!) take a train *during* a march in DC.

I’ve seen this a few times in New York City.
The march continues from Gallery Place, Chinatown.
The protesters return to the Gallery Place Metro, which now has a few cops blocking one entrance and the gate closed on the other side of it.

“Oink oink!” The protesters mock the cops.
Gucci store got tagged
Activists chant “what’d you see? Didn’t see shit!” as fireworks go off.
More cops on the protesters’ tail than before but they’re keeping half a block between them.
“Every city, every time, burn the precinct to the ground” chant protesters moving through the U Street neighborhood of Northern DC.
My phone is wet so typing is hard and autocorrect makes it worse.

This was “town” not “time”
March ends at Malcolm X Park, right where it began. Organizers encourage participants to report to buddies getting home safely.

It is often right as events end that police swoop in to arrest people, rather than during the event where they face cameras and physical resistance.

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THREAD: I am in Lansing, Michigan, where I'll be covering "Occupy for Anthony" all day.

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I will be posting in this thread.

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Hulon died April 11, 2020 in Lansing jail after four officers pinned him down despite him saying "I can't breathe."

He had been arrested 12 hours earlier on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge.

Officers involved have been sued, but do not face criminal charges.
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All images available to license.

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