"Thousands of people marched in Saturday's heat from Meridian Hill Park to Freedom Plaza to protest President Trump's takeover of DC law enforcement, carrying signs that read "End the Federal Occupation" and "Protect DC Home Rule," among many others. As marchers passed Foundry Methodist Church on 16th Street, Northwest, the church bells began to ring furiously, exciting the crowd when they realized the bells were ringing for them."
""Don't look away," Nee Nee Taylor, the organizing director of Free DC, a group that helped put the march together, implored people from outside the area in a speech. "DC is the testing ground and we need you to help them fail their tests." Former DC Mayor Sharon Pratt also spoke, saying, " I actually thought, because I live in the capital of a We the People country, that I, too was a citizen of the United States of America."
Thousands marched in Saturday's heat from Meridian Hill Park to Freedom Plaza to protest President Trump's takeover of DC law enforcement. Marchers carried signs reading "End the Federal Occupation" and "Protect DC Home Rule" among others. As the procession passed Foundry Methodist Church on 16th Street Northwest, church bells rang furiously and energized the crowd. Nee Nee Taylor implored people from outside the area with the slogan "Don't look away," describing DC as a testing ground that needs outside support. Former Mayor Sharon Pratt said she discovered she is not treated as a United States citizen. Photographer Evy Mages was on the scene.
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