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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear” — George Orwell x-PostGuild co-chair, 1A absolutist
Sep 6, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Protesters are now blocking media from filming their demonstration, shining lights into a reporter’s face, blocking shots with fans umbrellas and following like “minders” #dcprotest “We have our press we know and trust,” this young woman says
Aug 25, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
1) In a scene that played out several times Monday, a Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights confronted White diners outside D.C. restaurants,  chanting “White silence is violence!” and demanding White diners show their solidarity. #DCProtests 2) In Adams Morgan, protesters screamed at Lauren B. Victor for several minutes for refusing to raise her fist with them.
“Are you a Christian?” a female protester demanded.
“Good for you — you stood your ground," Chuck Modiano said sarcastically as the crowd moved on.
Aug 24, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Several hundred people march through DC’s Columbia Heights to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisc. #dcprotest Speakers are also leading chants against gentrification. They have stopped outside restaurants to address people dining at tables outside, reciting — in call and response with the crowd of protesters — what’s known of Sunday’s shooting by Kenosha police