Manuel and Patricia Oliver are the parents of Joaquin Oliver, one of 17 killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in the 2018 massacre. They came to D.C. to protest.
On Thursday, the convoy left from RFK Stadium in Southeast Washington and ended up at the headquarters of the National Rifle Association in Fairfax City, Va. The empty buses — with an average of 66 seats each — represented the more than 1,500 children killed by gun violence in 2023, protesters said.As the vehicles idled in a steamy parking lot ahead of the trip to the NRA, Manuel Oliver said the 23 buses also honored Joaquin, who would have turned 23 this year.
The five years since his son was killed have been difficult, Oliver said. An immigrant artist turned activist, he misses his life before 2018. Now,“I came from South America looking for a better future,” he said. “I found this.”What was billed as the “Never Tour” came to the District after stops in more than 20 other cities, protesters said. The Olivers have visited the sites of other mass killings such as Orlando and Uvalde, Tex., to meet people affected by gun violence.
Organizers said they initially planned a trip to the National Mall but jettisoned the idea after considering the challenge of keeping 23 buses together in downtown Washington traffic. At NRA headquarters, the convoy was met with an immediate police response. Only one bus — occupied by the Oliver family and other protesters — made it to the front of the NRA’s conspicuous mirrored-glass office building overlooking Interstate 66 before the street was shut down.
About 20 protesters gathered at the NRA to hear Manuel Oliver and survivors of gun violence speak. Some protesters lay on the roasting blacktop in tribute to those slain by mass shooters and other assailants while at least a dozen officers positioned behind police tape in front of the NRA Cafe looked on.“This is an industry that does whatever they want!” Oliver said, gesturing at the building.
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