Thousands March In D.C. In Largest Day Of Protests Since Death Of George Floyd
The intersection of 16 & H streets near the White House — the site of volatile confrontations earlier this week — instead was peaceful, as a diversity of marchers shouted Floyd’s name and other protest chants. Instead of one organized march, the day saw different groups break away to walk from the Capitol or the Lincoln Memorial.
Crowds packed onto 16th Street for blocks, at times breaking out in dance and song. At the order of Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, the words “” were painted in large yellow letters down 16th street to end at H Street, while the corner of 16th and I streets was renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza. The Motion Picture Association, which is located at the intersection, placed “Black Lives Matter” posters on its boarded up windows.
She added, “If he can take over Washington, D.C., he can come for any state and none of us will be safe. So today we pushed the Army away from our city. Our soldiers should not be treated that way, should not be asked to move on American citizens.” “I think it is beautiful,” he said of the scene. “I think it is a good spirit that is going on. It is a good positive energy that is flowing through the crowd. We seem like a socialist country today, because everybody is out here helping one another. Everybody is out here passing out stuff, feeding people, being hospitable to one another. Everybody is on their best manners. Everybody is being very cautious and overly manner-able.
“What I am seeing is Dr. King’s dream and Malcolm X’s message come through, because Malcolm X’s message was that ‘By any means necessary,’ and Dr. King’s message was that we would see white kids and black kids hand in hand,” he said. “And that’s what we said.” Ayah Davis-Karim, 49, of Oakton, VA, broke away from a stream of demonstrators making their way along Pennsylvania Avenue.
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