Bloomberg, “Pomp Mixes With Whiff of Tear Gas for Trump’s Inauguration”
About hour before the inaugural ceremony got under way, a crowd of as many as 500 black-clad and masked young men and women, some armed with crowbars and hammers, marauded through a commercial district a few blocks from the White House, smashing windows of banks, coffee shops and other businesses. On a stone planter, someone spray-painted […]
Washington Examiner, “Inauguration protesters vandalize businesses, break windows”
A reporter with the Wall Street Journal also posted photos and videos on Twitter showing a “large group of anarchists in downtown Washington.” The images showed a person breaking a window at a McDonalds. A photo also showed broken windows at a Starbucks. Continue Reading
Slate, “All the Anger in America Has Come to Washington, D.C.”
Close to McPherson Square, asshole anarchists burned trashcans, smashed windows, destroyed a limousine, and spray-painted “PIG” across a D.C. National Guard vehicle. Continue Reading
Yahoo News, “Police Use Force Against Peaceful Protesters in DC”
What was supposed to be a peaceful gathering of protesters from across a broad spectrum of social movements blocks away from President Donald Trump’s inauguration, turned into a chaotic and violent clash between riot police and anarchists with the media and demonstrators caught in the crossfire. Continue Reading
The Washington Post, “‘Black bloc’ style tactics seen as chaos erupts in downtown D.C.”
“Black bloc” activists frequently take “advantage of the legitimate protesters to destroy things and emphasize their anarchist roots,” according to David Gomez, a former senior FBI counterterrorism official in Seattle, a city that has had high-profile encounters with such groups. People in such groups will wear masks to cover their faces and dress in black so they can […]
The Washington Post, “Protesters smash windows, clash with police”
Black-clad anarchists smashing windows and clashing with police less than mile from where Donald Trump took the oath of office Friday, Jan. 20. Continue Reading
BBC, “Five ways people are protesting against Trump”
1. Violent black bloc protest Just before Donald Trump’s swearing in, a group of a few hundred black-clad, balaclava wearing protesters carrying anarchist symbol flags began a fast-moving march through downtown Washington, just blocks from the inauguration. One large sign read, “Make Racists Afraid Again”. Continue Reading
The Nation, “Anti-Fascists Will Fight Trump’s Fascism in the Streets”
More than 50 anarchist, anti-fascist, anti-racist groups from across the country have called for a #J20 Disruption. “We call on all people of good conscience to join in disrupting the ceremonies. If Trump is to be inaugurated at all, let it happen behind closed doors, showing the true face of the security state Trump will […]
Washington CityPaper, “How 2017’s Brand of Uprising Looks in the Shadow of D.C.’s Counter-Inaugural Traditions”
Activists familiar with its planning say it is more likely to draw arrests and take on an anarchist tenor than more mainstream demonstrations such as the competing—or complementary, depending on your point of view—Resist J20. Positive Force will have representation at Disrupt J20, but the group isn’t monolithic—its all-volunteer ranks embrace varying methods and degrees […]
Washington Examiner, “How protesters plan to wreck Donald Trump’s inauguration”
Anarchists who believe “the peaceful transition of power is a threat to all of us” are planning to lead thousands of protesters to Washington next week to ruin Donald Trump‘s inauguration. The group, called #DisruptJ20, is planning protests in cities nationwide on Jan. 20, but the protests in Washington would receive the most attention if […]