Lack of trouble at the women's march

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If only women ruled the world...

I know, right? Not only how peaceful it was, but how prepared everybody was. Clear backpacks. Signs. Hats that had to be knitted. Songs that had to be rehearsed. So many people had brought their own toilet paper for the portapotties. Just awesome.

And probably food prepared in the fridges at home for the family members they left behind.

heh, I threw pork in the slow cooker before I left, so yes.

[Anonymous]

I do have to say that the crowd crush made me very nervous for about 30-45 minutes until it finally started moving. But everyone was in great spirits. There were Westboro Baptist Church protestors who were mainly ignored. I also saw footage of pro-life protestors who were being protected by march security volunteers.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That was good news. I have to admit that I was downtown on Friday and found the protesters behavior scary enough that it kept me from the women's march.

B.S. You weren't anywhere near the march.

I was there the entire day. I saw not a single instance of violence or hostility. Everyone was polite, pleasant, friendly, despite the crushing crowds. We were able to thread our way through the crowds with no trouble, no pushing, no angry words. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I encountered was polite and friendly. It was an amazing day!!!

[Anonymous]

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That was my favorite sign!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was scared that the bikers and/or crazy gun-totting Trumpers would be out in full force. I think they saw the crowds and ran their chicken-shit butts back into the hills!

Tangential - but I was standing in the crush when we started to hear a rumble in the distance. All of us thought it was the Bikers for Trump. And then we ALL CHEERED when it was the Batala drum corps! Somehow, the crowd made room for them to slowly drum their way down the block. It was truly one of the most inspiring moments for me.

[Anonymous]

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I was one of the foreigners who posted here voicing safety concerns about the March, given my previous experience in other countries.

I went, and was DELIGHTED to be completely wrong!

However, my cell phone didn't work at all, and neither did my friends', so you must have had a magic phone

It varied. Near L'Enfant I couldn't get service, but by the time I got to Independence and 14th, I did. It was still slow uploading photos. Texts came in fine though. I think Verizon had some temporary towers? Maybe it depended on which carrier you had?

I have Verizon. No service whatsoever. Not even texts. It came back later, after the march was over and people started dispersing. But during the march, nada.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was good news. I have to admit that I was downtown on Friday and found the protesters behavior scary enough that it kept me from the women's march.

B.S. You weren't anywhere near the march.

I was there the entire day. I saw not a single instance of violence or hostility. Everyone was polite, pleasant, friendly, despite the crushing crowds. We were able to thread our way through the crowds with no trouble, no pushing, no angry words. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I encountered was polite and friendly. It was an amazing day!!!

The March was Saturday. PP was not near the march, because they only went downtown on Friday. Please, lets stay polite.

That said I know people who were downtown on Friday, and did not see anything amiss. While I feel very bad for Starbucks, and the three people who were injured, the scope of the issue on Friday was pretty small.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was scared that the bikers and/or crazy gun-totting Trumpers would be out in full force. I think they saw the crowds and ran their chicken-shit butts back into the hills!

Tangential - but I was standing in the crush when we started to hear a rumble in the distance. All of us thought it was the Bikers for Trump. And then we ALL CHEERED when it was the Batala drum corps! Somehow, the crowd made room for them to slowly drum their way down the block. It was truly one of the most inspiring moments for me.

We saw a Trump float. Everyone booed, and they turned onto a sidestreet. They had a police escort. That was the only negativity I saw during the march. Fortunately, that was a brief few seconds. What was really awful, was that there were four men on the float taking photos of the crowd, obviously trying to incite violence and then photograph it. But I saw no one complying. Everyone booed, but no violence, no obscene gestures. We were all in a good mood that day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was good news. I have to admit that I was downtown on Friday and found the protesters behavior scary enough that it kept me from the women's march.

B.S. You weren't anywhere near the march.

I was there the entire day. I saw not a single instance of violence or hostility. Everyone was polite, pleasant, friendly, despite the crushing crowds. We were able to thread our way through the crowds with no trouble, no pushing, no angry words. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I encountered was polite and friendly. It was an amazing day!!!

NP here. The PP you were responding to was talking about FRIDAY - the day of the inauguration. There was a violent protest near Franklin Square that day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I was one of the foreigners who posted here voicing safety concerns about the March, given my previous experience in other countries.

I went, and was DELIGHTED to be completely wrong!

However, my cell phone didn't work at all, and neither did my friends', so you must have had a magic phone

It varied. Near L'Enfant I couldn't get service, but by the time I got to Independence and 14th, I did. It was still slow uploading photos. Texts came in fine though. I think Verizon had some temporary towers? Maybe it depended on which carrier you had?

I have Verizon. No service whatsoever. Not even texts. It came back later, after the march was over and people started dispersing. But during the march, nada.

Really. I have Verizon, did not arrive till after 2PM. The bicycle valet folks were using texts as proof of whose bike was who's and I got my text right away, and did not hear about any problems with that. I also managed to get pics posted to FB while the march was on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was good news. I have to admit that I was downtown on Friday and found the protesters behavior scary enough that it kept me from the women's march.

B.S. You weren't anywhere near the march.

I was there the entire day. I saw not a single instance of violence or hostility. Everyone was polite, pleasant, friendly, despite the crushing crowds. We were able to thread our way through the crowds with no trouble, no pushing, no angry words. EVERY SINGLE PERSON I encountered was polite and friendly. It was an amazing day!!!

The March was Saturday. PP was not near the march, because they only went downtown on Friday. Please, lets stay polite.

That said I know people who were downtown on Friday, and did not see anything amiss. While I feel very bad for Starbucks, and the three people who were injured, the scope of the issue on Friday was pretty small.

Sorry, my bad. Misread. There was violence on Friday, but that didn't keep me from the march, which was totally peaceful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

That was my favorite sign!!

Mine, too! I'm so mad I didn't think of that because it rings true in my case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was scared that the bikers and/or crazy gun-totting Trumpers would be out in full force. I think they saw the crowds and ran their chicken-shit butts back into the hills!

Tangential - but I was standing in the crush when we started to hear a rumble in the distance. All of us thought it was the Bikers for Trump. And then we ALL CHEERED when it was the Batala drum corps! Somehow, the crowd made room for them to slowly drum their way down the block. It was truly one of the most inspiring moments for me.

We saw a Trump float. Everyone booed, and they turned onto a sidestreet. They had a police escort. That was the only negativity I saw during the march. Fortunately, that was a brief few seconds. What was really awful, was that there were four men on the float taking photos of the crowd, obviously trying to incite violence and then photograph it. But I saw no one complying. Everyone booed, but no violence, no obscene gestures. We were all in a good mood that day.

We walked past the trump (yes, I do deliberately leave it lowercase, and yes, it is petty) hotel after the march, and everyone booed. It was incredible to have an entire block of hundreds of people booing.

[Anonymous]

We were on the Mall from 9:45 am until 2pm and couldn't get cell service (Verizon) until we pushed our way out of the crowds back to Pennsylvania Ave. We were behind the American Indian museum and could not hear or see the speakers, plus no cell service, we did not know that the march had been moved. Once we got word from some other people who had been closer to the stage, we started a movement to spread the word. We were shoulder to shoulder with so many people!