Thread by @ddale8

It's all happening

"Are we a fucking gang?" "Hello no!" "I'm a taxpayer! "Your music could be next!" "Whoop whoooop!"

Caregiver Amanda Price and machine shop worker Donald Brown, in from Youngstown. They say Juggalos are a family of outcasts, not a gang.

The Juggalo March is definitely the first protest where I've said I'm a reporter and people have tried to hug me

"America is a country of weirdos. Celebrate it," shouts Juggalo Jacob Roman, 18, before aggressively giving me a hug

"People fear what they don't understand," says Ohio's Amy Puterbaugh, 36.

The Democratic Socialists of America are here handing out Juggalo-friendly snacks

Jeff Feken, 33, of Virginia Beach

Ryan Lee, 35, says he's a law-abiding homeowner. "You get large groups of people, there's going to be a bad element. Look at the government"

This is no Gathering of the Juggalos. Probably a few hundred people right now. Very calm.

Meanwhile, the pro-Trump "Mother of all Rallies" appears tiny. There will not be the epic confrontation of your fantasies

Juggalo Jared Baxter, 17, drove a day from Missouri. "People don't understand what's different."

Iraq vet Travis King: "The government that I helped to fund and support is calling me a gang member because of a genre of music we love."

The speaking portion of the Juggalo March has begun. "Can I get a Whoop Whoop you can hear in the White House?" "Whoop whooooooop."

First speaker: Juggalos don't care if people are white, gay, black, trans, "fat as fuck" - "we're different, not dangerous."

Speaker: The gang classification is "based on shockingly little facts or precedent."

Juggalos chant: "They fucked up! They fucked up!"

Juggalo speaker warns Justin Bieber fans that they could be next. Juggalos chant: "Bie-ber! Bie-ber!" This is amazing

A New Mexico woman gives a speech claiming she lost custody of her kids because she went to an Insane Clown Posse concert.

Next speaker says her Air Force commanders let her keep her Juggalo tattoo but told her she couldn't associate with other "gang" members.

Next Juggalo speaker says her local police gang task force entered her into a gang database, prohibited her from school grounds.

Jugalette Laura King calls for solidarity from non-fans. "Today," she concludes, "we are all clowns."

Jessica Bonometti, fired as a Virginia probation officer for being a Jugalette: "If horrorcore's so scary, why isn't Stephen King in jail?"

We have now moved on to the musical performances. Weed smoke and sprayed Faygo fill the air.

The Juggalos give a big "whoop whoop" to "hating Confederate monuments."

Can't get over how good this sign is

The next speaker identifies as a black Puerto Rican pansexual Jugalette community organizer Packers fan member of the Beyhive.

After the unbelievable number of "whoop whoops," the most popular Juggalo March chant is "family." Followed by "fuck that shit."

Juggalos are cursing out this dog. "Stop being so cute, motherfucker!"

"The FBI would be the laughingstock of the entire fucking planet" if it deemed Deadheads a gang, says attorney Farris Haddad, "Juggalawyer."

Haddad, lawyer involved in the Juggalo lawsuit, refers to the FBI as "these morherfuckers," asks them to "just man up and clear our name."

Kegan the Creep Ass: "Show me a few thousand cops...even DC politicians...and I'll show you a few bad apples. You wanna play that game?"

ICP's Violent J: "We're the good guys here today. We're actually in the right this time!"

Violent J: FBI probably thought they could steamroll "the world's most hated people listening to the world's most hated band...fuck that."

Insane Clown Posse is here. The Juggalos are defeaning.

ICP's Violent J complains of authorities pushing "1967 bullshit," trying to deny gay marriage and racial and economic integration.

Violent J says the Juggalos should be so proud today they should perform auto-fellatio under the "governmently-fine landscaped maple trees."

Violent J says criminalizing opinion is like sewing a man's butthole shut. "Do you want to sew a man's butthole shut?" Juggalos: "Noooo!"

Shaggy 2 Dope delivers a plea for total inclusion: "If a ninja has a soul, then a ninja matters immensely." Then he mentions buttholes.

Violent J: "Intelligence is how to make a nuclear bomb. But wisdom is how not to use it. Juggalos have mad wisdom."

Violent J concludes: "LET'S MARCH MOTHAFUCKAAAS." This completes my live-tweeting.