'Enough is enough': Thousands descend on D.C. for largest George Floyd protest yet

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This was the view outside the White House today. And the Capitol. The Lincoln Memorial. The MLK Memorial. Tens of thousands gathered in Washington, D.C. today for its largest demonstration yet over George Floyd's death: (📷: smahaskey, AP)

While the initially fiery protests have calmed in recent days after being overshadowed by episodes of violence and looting in cities across the country, including Washington, the anger among protesters over Floyd’s death hasn’t subsided.

Maya Shapiro, a protester who said she was the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor, echoed those sentiments.Although the protests are seen by many activists to be an inflection point for race relations in the country, President Donald Trump has called for a forceful show of strength including the deployment of military forces to quell them.

Trump was condemned by political leaders from both sides of the aisle after tear gas and rubber bullets were used to remove protesters near the White House in Lafayette Square on Monday for a presidential photo-op in front of St. John’s Church.the Trump administration’s response to the demonstrations in a statement on Wednesday, saying he was “angry and appalled” with the president’s actions.

Trump had no public events on his daily schedule for Saturday and was not seen to have left the White House. Trump continued to criticize Bowser and further fuel tensions between activists and police throughout the week, on Thursday tweeting a letter calling protesters “terrorists.” “I think we have to hold the federal system — Congress, Department of Justice and the criminal justice reform system — accountable of their actions, because enough is enough,” Acevedo said. “We must stop marginalizing and oppressing brown communities.”

 

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smahaskey That’s why Trup is so upset, more people showed up for the protest than for his inauguration!

smahaskey What happened to social distancing n Corona. All f-in political BS. VoteRedToSaveAmerica2020 Trump2020MoreThanEver

smahaskey So... social distancing is over? Also, the only thing this tells me is that the east coast needs to allow businesses to open. People need something to do!

smahaskey Bigger Crowd than trump inauguration.

smahaskey 'Tens of thousands' Not quite that 'million' that was hyped huh?

Those leftists just can’t stop contradicting themselves for once. Because they always start with fauty assumptions.

smahaskey Look at all the sheep. Organizers who started this crapfest got paid and most of these losers did this for free. The useful idiots don't even realize they got used as pawns by the Democrats for political gains. Sadly most of them will never admit or know the truth.

Quest4InformOps smahaskey And how many monuments etc were destroyed in the process

smahaskey A lot less then the 1 million they were bragging about.

smahaskey Ok all you protestors. What are you going to do for real to influence change besides shout phrases. Go back to your communities and work for change. Walk the talk.

smahaskey

smahaskey Is that all? MSM was hyping a million. Balloon's losing air. So I wonder, what will the Democrats pull next? Are they going to nuke us? Fake alien invasion? There seems to be no end to their depravity.

smahaskey Not a million

smahaskey All these posts bragging about 'bigger than'. It's almost as if the left is suffering from some kind of envy.

smahaskey Bisigar ft George Floyd and James Brown. BLACK and Proud BLACK LIVES MATTER

smahaskey I guess this completely annihilates Democrats' fears of voting in person.

smahaskey So happy the pandemic is finally over!

smahaskey I used to live in Prince George's County for a bit and loved going to DC. Too bad I couldn't afford to stay. I miss DC.

smahaskey You sure that’s not President Trump’s inauguration?

smahaskey 1994 Crime Bill written by JoeBiden voted yes by SpeakerPelosi voted yes by 235 democrats signed by BillClinton separated more black families than slavery ever did. Longer sentences for blacks than whites for the same crimes. And you support Democrats? You're stupid.

smahaskey Great job D.C. - keep it up! 👍🏼

smahaskey Tomorrow’s 149 days until we vote.3 reasons T gave us today to VoteTrumpOut 1. 1000s STILL protest police abuse/racism & trump won’t address their concerns 2. We learned T wanted 10k active duty troops to quell protesters 3. T spent all day tweeting nonsense over195 tweets AND

smahaskey Looks like realDonaldTrump is finally getting the crowds he’s always longed for

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