VIDEO THREAD: Activists led by @ShutDown_DC marched to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's house to support abortion access.
The 1st speaker addressed tactics: "They will take my rights, and they will attempt to take them away regardless of if I'm nice, and we're nice, or not."
The 2nd activist to speak outside Justice Samuel Alito's house explained that, "I believe abortion should be available to all pregnant people regardless of the reason" to cheers, and listed off stats showing the plurality of Americans believe in at least some degree of access.
The third speaker at Justice Alito's house said "legislatures across the country are passing a flurry of anti-LGBTQ bills as well."
"Republicans have worked for decades to advance anti-abortion cases up to the Supreme Court. They're going to do the same with anti-LGBTQ cases."
The final speaker at Alito's house called out protesters with "LGBT for Life" signs.
"Do you really think that these ghouls aren't coming for your rights too?"
"Don't act surprised when this fuck right here [pointing at Alito's house] comes for your human rights as well.
The protesters at Justice Alito's house ended with a moment of silence for "the rights we know are ours, which are under threat, and which we are going to keep."
"Abort the court! Abort the court!" the crowd chanted as they marched away.
"Your laws ain't shit, you can't even find the clit!" chanted the protesters as they marched from Justice Alito's house.
"Alito is a coward! A stinkin' little coward!"
"Alito sucks, he don't know jack. I bet he likes Nickelback!"
"We're gonna come back and shut shit down!"
Here is my full @N2Sreports video on tonight's @ShutDown_DC protest for abortion access outside the home of Justice #Alito.
As always, all footage is available to license.
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Capitol Police separated pro and anti abortion access protesters this afternoon (Mother's Day) outside Supreme Court as an individual threw glitter at protesters holding signs reading "love them both."
"Abortion is fascist! Abortion is patriarchal oppression! You hurt women," yelled a woman holding a sign reading "leftist, feminist, atheist, vegan, pro-life" sign.
"You're a fucking dork!" replied guy across police line.
"Misogynist!" the woman yelled. "No uterus, no opinion!"
A handful of supporters of abortion access also arrived in Handmaid's Tale outfits.
"I'm just here because I'm angry, and everybody else should be angry too," one explained. "This is ridiculous."
"There is something fundamentally flawed with what is going on in that building."
VIDEO THREAD: On Saturday, LAPD officers with less-lethal weapons showed up at a Los Angeles Planned Parenthood where anti-abortion groups were protesting, and supporters of abortion access rallied in defense of the clinic.
One abortion rights activist managed to swipe three signs from the anti-abortion side and run back across the street with them, where they ultimately tore the signs up.
This led to close verbal confrontation, but did not escalate into physical violence.
As police watched on, an anti-abortion activist gestured toward the abortion rights supporters as if starting a fight.
One kicked his rear end.
Police warned that "You're gonna get arrested if you start fighting, you understand that?"
"I'm a survivor of gun violence and it pains me every single f***ing day that a gun has more rights than I do," @AMarch4OurLives cofounder @lauren_hoggs.
"Abortion care is not just for women. It is for non-binary people, trans people, everyone who can f***ing have a child."
After wrapping her speech, @lauren_hoggs led a chant that has become common in the past week outside the Supreme Court.
"This is what democracy looks like [pointing at one another]! That is what hypocrisy looks like [pointing at SCOTUS]!"
VIDEO THREAD: Tonight as four anti-abortion activists confronted abortion access supporters in front of the Supreme Court, a woman flicked one's hat off (11 seconds into this clip).
"Assault! Assault! They attacked me!" yelled the pro-lifer.
Police detained the woman.
The man whose hat was flicked off: "She came behind me, hit me in the back of the head."
Cop: "Open hand? Closed hand?"
"I do not know, I just know that it was enough to push me forward."
It is true that he flinched forward, but not directly from the force of her hand.
"If she would share with me why she did it, apologize," the anti-abortion man said he wouldn't press charges against the woman who flicked his hat off.
Police at first said they didn't want to facilitate such a dialogue, then said she didn't want to.
VIDEO THREAD: Today during a press conference, the anti-abortion group @PAAUNOW entered the Metropolitan Medical Center, home of the Washington Surgi abortion clinic, to promote a reward for the conviction of an abortionist.
They spoke to a neighboring psychology clinic staffer.
With about a dozen journalists packed in the tight hallways, the anti-abortion group said that "There will be yellow police tape by this door" referring to their claims that Washington Surgi committed illegally late abortions.
The door behind them is an unrelated psych clinic.
After realizing they had been speaking outside a psychology clinic unrelated to abortion, the group slid a flyer under the door into Washington Surgi, where abortions take place.
Police had arrived by then and allowed them to leave the Metropolitan Medical Center without issue.
VIDEO THREAD: Last night in Los Angeles, LAPD faced off with a coalition of anti-fascists protesting the Supreme Court draft decision overturning Roe v Wade.
At one point, police attempted an arrest (unclear why) & crowd surrounded them, successfully de-arresting their comrade.
Earlier in the night, LAPD had been on the retreat, outnumbered mightily by the people on the streets.
"Run away bitch!" yelled a protester at the police. "Get the fuck out, you fucking punk!"
In some cases officers swung batons and tried to hold ground.
"Abort the ST8 [State]" reads street art now decorating a wall near where the conflict occurred last night in LA over the draft SCOTUS ruling that would effectively repeal a national ride to abortion.