Jezebel, “A Harrowing Walk Through D.C. on a Very Weird Day in American History”
Anarchists dragged trash cans and newspaper boxes onto K Street and set them on fire, a scene that was quickly choked with press. In the circle, a young Trump supporter (white t-shirt) engages with hostile protesters in an interaction that, soon after we walked away, turned into a fist fight. A young woman told us […]
Mic, “DC police weren’t sure if they threw stun grenades. These photos should clear that up.”
Anarchists clashed with riot police in the streets of Washington, D.C., during their anti-fascist protest to mark Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Blockades of dozens of helmeted police advanced on the protesters with pepper spray, paintball guns full of chemical suppressants and stun grenades — either percussion or flash-bang grenades, both of which are used to […]
WTOP (DC), “Some Trump protesters to face rioting charges”
Friday’s protests were led by self-described anarchists. Continue Reading
Vice, “Police clashed with protesters as Trump took the oath”
Police arrested at least 10 people during the protest, which started about 10:30 a.m. when a crowd of people dressed in black marched down L St. near McPherson Square, just blocks from the National Mall, chanting slogans such as “whose streets, our streets.” Continue Reading
New York Magazine, “Inauguration Day in Washington Is Like a Nightmare Twitter Thread”
My sister texts me to be careful and remember her instructions about keeping water or milk on me in case of tear gas, since there are anarchists downtown smashing car windows. Continue Reading
Washington Examiner, “The last time K Street got this exciting was when Occupy destroyed McPherson Square”
On K Street’s Franklin Square — just two blocks down from the Washington Examiner‘s old offices and a few more from our new ones — anarchist anti-Trump protesters were throwing stones and bottles at police, breaking storefront windows, setting limousines on fire, running around naked and generally creating havoc. Continue Reading
The Washington Post, “Tensions rise at checkpoints along 10th Street NW as protesters try to block Trump supporters”
But within a few minutes, tensions started to rise at another nearby checkpoint with protesters nearby at 10th and E streets NW. Self-described feminists and anarchists linked arm and sat on the ground to keep parade goers from breaking through to the security lines. Continue Reading
The Washington Post, “Protesters vowed to shut down the city. Police vowed to protect the inauguration. They clashed.”
In one case, police isolated and corralled black-clad, self-proclaimed anarchists after a brief late-morning rampage along K and L streets that involved throwing fireworks, lighting fires and breaking glass at bus stops and storefronts and on a limousine. Continue Reading
The Atlantic, “Welcome to the Trump Presidency”
“There’s a good portion of us who think Trump is a liberal who basically pulled an Alinsky on the GOP and beat them with their own rules,” Hedtke said. “It’s kind of funny, from an anarchist standpoint.” Eastland looked chagrined. “Well, she’s an anarchist,” he said to me. “I have a different view.” Continue Reading
The Huffington Post, “Protests, Violence Flare Around Inaugural Ceremony”
“It’s a bunch of anarchists,” said one Secret Service agent. “Fun times. It’s what we expected.” Continue Reading