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Mayhem and tussling.
WaPo reports:Some protesters who stayed in the District after the March on Washington ended Friday afternoon continued to spread their message, and elements of mayhem, around the city by temporarily shutting down major roads and tussling with police, even while rain deluged the area at nightfall.I had a hard time reading that sentence. Why is there a comma after "message"? It caused me to read "elements of mayhem" as the subject of an independent clause, and I had to backtrack to see that "protesters" is the subject and "message" and "elements of mayhem" are what the protesters "continued to spread." The "mayhem" seems to consist only of road blockage and "tussling with police." Tussling with police?
WaPo tells us that the protesters often "received gestures of support from motorists trapped in the sudden gridlock." The gesture of support is, I believe, indistinguishable from the gesture of please don't target me and my car, so I totally believe that lots of trapped motorists were acting as though they were pleased with their predicament.
Carrying a banner with the words “Total abolition for total liberation,” a group of about 75 people walked down Constitution Avenue toward Ninth Street. They hoped to block the entrance to the Ninth Street tunnel, to “choke the city,” one protester said....
Most of the protesters at Ninth Street wore all black, and many wore goggles and helmets on their heads. One person carried a bat, and another man wore what appeared to be a bulletproof vest.And the choked-off, trapped motorists gestured their approval.
“You can’t stop the revolution!” they shouted. Marchers at the Wharf in Southwest Washington were blocking cars from proceeding shortly before 7 p.m. Some protesters urged a driver to get out and march with them, or at least show support. Others said to leave him alone.To fail to signal support is to risk getting dragged out of your car.
Then, about 200 protesters began walking up the ramp onto I-395.... On M Street in Georgetown beside the former Dean & DeLuca store, protesters blocked the intersection for around 10 minutes.... An organizer lit a foot-long stick of palo santo as the group kept moving....Similar to a tiki torch?
The group later moved on, blocking the Key Bridge. They soon became a target, not for police but for pedestrians interested in photographing them. Protesters called them out, fearing the photos would be posted on social media and used by police.We're capitalizing "White" now?
“I’m just documenting history,” a White man argued with them. He refused to delete the photo.
“I just took a group shot,” he said. “I support you.”Shades of Tim Carpenter.
"No, you’re not with us,” a protester snapped back, “because I’m asking you to delete that, and you won’t.”...Why don't protesters want to be seen? Isn't that the idea?
As the sky grew overcast over Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street, some protesters turned their attention to a group of about a dozen officers guarding St John’s Episcopal Church, where President Trump staged a photo opportunity two months earlier. Tensions ticked up after a male protester jumped over the concrete barrier, prompting two dozen more officers to arrive on the scene.That's where the article ends. That's awfully abrupt. Suddenly police are jogging around the church and one protester barks an order at them. Then what? Is this the tussling? I guess it's supposed to be meaningful that one guy jumped the barrier and three dozen police officers were there and one guy yelled something. But did the three dozen police leave the barrier-jumper alone? Did the barrier-jumper retreat? Are we supposed to regard it as ludicrous overkill that St. John's church had that level of police protection as 200 protesters converged?
“Whose streets? Our streets!” protesters yelled, raising their fists in the air.
“Don’t you dare touch him!” one yelled at the officers as they jogged around the perimeter of the church, asking protesters to stay back.
I've read some of the most highly rated comments over there, and they are overwhelmingly about how the protesters are hurting their own cause and helping Trump get reelected: "Trump's most effective campaign rally"/"If it's an incoherent demand to burn 'it' down, the movement will certainly fail and the backlash will be worse"/"These characters are acting like a bunch of spoiled children, and working hard to help re-elect Trump"/"We’re moving to mayhem for the sake of mayhem. No coherent message. Too many protesters with helmets and goggles looking for confrontation. We don’t want Trump winning this battle for image"/"This kind of mayhem just plays into the hands of Trump supporters. I was in DC on the famous day 57 years ago, and there was no mayhem and violence. How times have changed." Sorry to copy so many. You get the idea. They're all saying the same thing.
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WaPo tells us that the protesters often "received gestures of support from motorists trapped in the sudden gridlock." The gesture of support is, I believe, indistinguishable from the gesture of please don't target me and my car, so I totally believe that lots of trapped motorists were acting as though they were pleased with their predicament.
Some protesters who stayed in the District after the March on Washington ended Friday afternoon continued to spread their message, and elements of mayhem, around the city by temporarily shutting down major roads and tussling with police, even while rain deluged the area at nightfall.I had a hard time reading that sentence. Why is there a comma after "message"? It caused me to read "elements of mayhem" as the subject of an independent clause, and I had to backtrack to see that "protesters" is the subject and "message" and "elements of mayhem" are what the protesters "continued to spread." The "mayhem" seems to consist only of road blockage and "tussling with police." Tussling with police?
WaPo tells us that the protesters often "received gestures of support from motorists trapped in the sudden gridlock." The gesture of support is, I believe, indistinguishable from the gesture of please don't target me and my car, so I totally believe that lots of trapped motorists were acting as though they were pleased with their predicament.
Carrying a banner with the words “Total abolition for total liberation,” a group of about 75 people walked down Constitution Avenue toward Ninth Street. They hoped to block the entrance to the Ninth Street tunnel, to “choke the city,” one protester said....
Most of the protesters at Ninth Street wore all black, and many wore goggles and helmets on their heads. One person carried a bat, and another man wore what appeared to be a bulletproof vest.And the choked-off, trapped motorists gestured their approval.
“You can’t stop the revolution!” they shouted. Marchers at the Wharf in Southwest Washington were blocking cars from proceeding shortly before 7 p.m. Some protesters urged a driver to get out and march with them, or at least show support. Others said to leave him alone.To fail to signal support is to risk getting dragged out of your car.
Then, about 200 protesters began walking up the ramp onto I-395.... On M Street in Georgetown beside the former Dean & DeLuca store, protesters blocked the intersection for around 10 minutes.... An organizer lit a foot-long stick of palo santo as the group kept moving....Similar to a tiki torch?
The group later moved on, blocking the Key Bridge. They soon became a target, not for police but for pedestrians interested in photographing them. Protesters called them out,
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fearing the photos would be posted on social media and used by police.
“I’m just documenting history,” a White man argued with them. He refused to delete the photo. We're capitalizing "White" now?
I've read some of the most highly rated comments over there, and they are overwhelmingly about how the protesters are hurting their own cause and helping Trump get reelected: "Trump's most effective campaign rally"/"If it's an incoherent demand to burn 'it' down, the movement will certainly fail and the backlash will be worse"/"These characters are acting like a bunch of spoiled children, and working hard to help re-elect Trump"/"We’re moving to mayhem for the sake of mayhem. No coherent message. Too many protesters with helmets and goggles looking for confrontation. We don’t want Trump winning this battle for image"/"This kind of mayhem just plays into the hands of Trump supporters. I was in DC on the famous day 57 years ago, and there was no mayhem and violence. How times have changed." Sorry to copy so many. You get the idea. They're all saying the same thing.
“I’m just documenting history,” a White man argued with them. He refused to delete the photo. We're capitalizing "White" now?
“I just took a group shot,” he said. “I support you.”Shades of Tim Carpenter.
"No, you’re not with us,” a protester snapped back, “because I’m asking you to delete that, and you won’t.”...Why don't protesters want to be seen? Isn't that the idea?
As the sky grew overcast over Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street, some protesters turned their attention to a group of about a dozen officers guarding St John’s Episcopal Church, where President Trump staged a photo opportunity two months earlier. Tensions ticked up after a male protester jumped over the concrete barrier, prompting two dozen more officers to arrive on the scene.That's where the article ends. That's awfully abrupt. Suddenly police are jogging around the church and one protester barks an order at them. Then what? Is this the tussling? I guess it's supposed to be meaningful that one guy jumped the barrier and three dozen police officers were there and one guy yelled something. But did the three dozen police leave the barrier-jumper alone? Did the barrier-jumper retreat? Are we supposed to regard it as ludicrous overkill that St. John's church had that level of police protection as 200 protesters converged?
“Whose streets? Our streets!” protesters yelled, raising their fists in the air.
“Don’t you dare touch him!” one yelled at the officers as they jogged around the perimeter of the church, asking protesters to stay back.
I've read some of the most highly rated comments over there, and they are overwhelmingly about how the protesters are hurting their own cause and helping Trump get reelected: "Trump's most effective campaign rally"/"If it's an incoherent demand to burn 'it' down, the movement will certainly fail and the backlash will be worse"/"These characters are acting like a bunch of spoiled children, and working hard to help re-elect Trump"/"We’re moving to mayhem for the sake of mayhem. No coherent message. Too many protesters with helmets and goggles looking for confrontation. We don’t want Trump winning this battle for image"/"This kind of mayhem just plays into the hands of Trump supporters. I was in DC on the famous day 57 years ago, and there was no mayhem and violence. How times have changed." Sorry to copy so many. You get the idea. They're all saying the same thing.
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