Women's March on Washington yields zero arrests: report

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY BROOKE SEIPEL - 01/22/17 10:15 AM EST

No arrests were made during the Women's March on Washington Saturday, according to a top official in the capital.

The peaceful protest, which had an estimated 500,000 in attendance, was so much larger than its expected size that the march route had to be altered and couldn't pass the White House as planned.

D.C. Homeland Security Director Christopher Geldart told NBC news that despite the massive crowds, no arrests were made. On Friday after the inauguration, protests led to the arrests of more than 200 people and the use of pepper spray and stun grenades by police.

People attended sister marches nationally and globally, including in Antarctica. Current estimates place the national turnout at 3 million.

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[CBHagman]

1. I don't know about the rest of you...

...but the arrests at the Trump inauguration got a lot of mentions on the top-of-the-hour newscasts I listen to regularly. I'm waiting to see how coverage of the marches turns out.

[appleannie1943]

3. I have to wonder just who it was that broke windows and started fires.

Were they really Trump protesters?

[sarah FAILIN]

11. I think they were paid to start trouble

They came prepared in all black with face coverings for a reason and they brought tools.

[JI7]

13. i think it was the anarchists which always latch on to certain protests or some O'keefe type thing

[appleannie1943]

2. I heard that in some cities the police marched WITH the protesters. In Pittsburgh, the mayor did.

[underpants]

5. Saw video of cops highfiving marchers in Baltimore

And a pic of two DC cops (I think) wearing pink pussy hats

[imaginary girl]

12. Indy mayor was at our rally n/t

[underpants]

4. That's just because they didn't arrest anyone

#spicerfacts

[appleannie1943]

6. Alt news strikes again

[tenorly]

7. Trump's taxes, on the other hand, would yield enough to fill Guantanamo.

They could probably bring down the Cosa Nostra if released.

[oberliner]

8. Is that a good thing?

I mean that question sincerely.

Edit to Add: As in, don't some who protest want to be arrested to get their point across (a la MLK).

[SunSeeker]

9. K & R

[JudyM]

10. In DC there was one odd little scene that passed me at dusk after the march was long over: about 15

marchers loudly chanting were walking in the middle of an active street (full traffic) and the police formed an attention-getting semicircle behind them, mostly on motorcycles with a couple of police cars, so that oncoming traffic would see the police and slow down so they wouldn't hit the pedestrians.