It wasn't like that. I was one of the first out the doors and the first challenge was running into the backs of the MPs and Marshals. For the force of the guys behind us we couldn't stop and had to move those guys aside to proceed down the steps. After that, I was much propelled down the steps by the rest of the company, my port-arms rifle pressed into the back of another guy.
The attacking group routed, we ran into the bulk of seated protesters and some of us, yours truly included, nearly did headers into the crowd for the guys still pushing behind. After that was a period of receiving many taunts and some missiles.
After the above, things settled in and we got along rather well with the protesters before us. To the consternation of some on both sides, there was a good amount of banter between the groups. They were mostly young people with little more than a superficial commitment to other than their hormones. After some hours some had claimed us as 'their' soldiers. Of course, they were stoned.
More info on the US Marshal's website.
RAT's - I thought perhaps you had passed on an opportunity to butstroke that wife beating, self-inflated ego Norman Mailer
Is this the sort of crap we should expect from them this time? I hope the Pentagon has lots of Pepper-Spray on hand to repel the moonbats.