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Washington D.C. Turned Into "Virtual Fortress" As 250,000 Protesters Descend Upon The City
Zero Hedge ^ | 01/19/2017

Posted on 01/19/2017 10:06:08 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Edited on 01/19/2017 3:12:50 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Over the past couple of days, we've highlighted a couple of the mass protests that are being planned by disaffected Hillary supporters in an effort to disrupt the various Trump inaugural events that get kicked off tomorrow evening.  Perhaps the most aggressive "disruptions" have been planned by groups called "DisruptJ20" and the "DC Anti-Fascist Coalition" and include plans to "paralyze the city" with "cluster**** blockades" of bridges and tunnels, "stink bombs" in ventilation systems and chaining metro trains to station platforms to shut down rail traffic.  Unfortunately for them, all of their plans were caught on tape by Project Veritas (see "New Video Exposes Anti-Trump Groups Plotting Criminal Acts To Disrupt Inauguration") so we suspect police will be well prepared.

As Reuters points out this morning, efforts to disrupt the inaugural process will have to evade a massive force of 28,000 security personnel and miles of fencing and roadblocks fortified by sand-laden dump trucks and other heavy equipment. 

Washington will turn into a virtual fortress ahead of Donald Trump's presidential inauguration on Friday, as the U.S. capital braces for more than a quarter-million protesters expected during the Republican's swearing-in.

 

About 28,000 security personnel, miles (kilometers) of fencing, roadblocks, street barricades and dump trucks laden with sand will be part of the security cordon clamped around 3 square miles (almost 8 square km) of central Washington.

 

"If we do have a mass arrest, we'll be able to get people processed very quickly," he said in an interview with Washington's NBC 4 television station.

DC

 

And, if America's millennial snowflakes are able to break through rhe police fortress they will undoubtedly be met by the "Wall of Meat" recently promised by the "Bikers for Trump" group which has vowed to go "toe-to-toe with anyone that is going to break through any police barriers."

Overall, the inauguration is expected to draw a crowd of 900,000 with 250,000 of those guests showing up to protest the new President-elect.

Police have forecast that some 900,000 people, both supporters and opponents, will flood Washington for the inauguration ceremony, which includes the swearing-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and a parade to the White House along streets thronged with onlookers.

 

About 30 groups that organizers claim will draw about 270,000 protesters or Trump backers have received permits for rallies or marches before, during and after the swearing-in. More protests are expected without permits.

 

By far the biggest protest will be the Women's March on Washington on Saturday, which organizers expect to draw 250,000 people.

Luckily, at least one helpful protest group will be on hand with plans to calm down the rowdy masses by passing out 4,200 doobies.

One Washington inaugural protest will come amid a haze of pot smoke as pro-marijuana protesters show their opposition to Trump's choice for attorney general, Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, a critic of pot legalization.

 

The group plans to distribute 4,200 joints at the inauguration and urge attendees to light up. Possession of small amounts of marijuana is legal in Washington, but public consumption is not.

As we've said before, we wish all the protesters the best of luck...we're sure your dreams of disrupting the democratic process will be well rewarded with a free night's stay at a local DC jail.

Millennial



TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: dc; protest
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To: nikos1121
so actually how close are they going to allow these people to where Trump is?

Unless the protesters have color-coded tickets, they won't get very close...


Inauguration ceremony

Many people will flock to the National Mall to watch the ceremony, but a lucky 250,000 people who scored one of the color-coded tickets, will get a closer view from the Capitol grounds.

The ceremony starts at 11:30 a.m. with the official swearing-in set for noon Friday.

There are six different security screening gates corresponding with attendees’ color-coded tickets and they open at 6 a.m. on Inauguration Day. The screening areas are situated near Metro stations. Organizers are telling ticket holders to be prepared for long lines and crowds, and to dress for the weather.


21 posted on 01/19/2017 10:45:33 AM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s 250,000 heads that need a hickory shampoo if they break any law.


22 posted on 01/19/2017 10:49:00 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There will not be anywhere near as many protesters as they claim to be.


23 posted on 01/19/2017 10:49:50 AM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: FoxInSocks
GW Hospital is not where that map says it is.

Heh! Good eye. That's an old map. That's where it was when Reagan was rushed there after Hinkley shot him. Now it's on the other side of 23rd.

FWIW, my daughter went there for her BSN. I went to GWU for my M.Ed. degree many moons ago.

24 posted on 01/19/2017 10:55:25 AM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: COBOL2Java

No umbrellas and it is supposed to storm Friday.


25 posted on 01/19/2017 10:57:39 AM PST by eastforker (All in, I'm all Trump,what you got!)
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To: eastforker
No umbrellas and it is supposed to storm Friday.

That was modified slightly.

26 posted on 01/19/2017 11:02:16 AM PST by COBOL2Java (1 Tim 2:1-3)
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To: SeekAndFind

Racketeering and conspiracy are federal crimes. Jeff Sessions will enforce the law.


27 posted on 01/19/2017 11:10:20 AM PST by Uncle Sam 911
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To: matt04

Remember, when media covers liberal demonstrations...
One guy on a street corner, hollering at cars = “A Handful”.

Two or Three guys, maybe with a poster or two = “Dozens”

Dozen or so people on the steps of a public building = “Hundreds”

Couple of busloads of union goons on a free day off, and a celebrity to talk down to them = “Thousands”

BUT...

250,000 Tea Partiers show up on the Wash DC Mall = “Crickets”


28 posted on 01/19/2017 11:18:56 AM PST by wbill
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To: COBOL2Java

Thanks!


29 posted on 01/19/2017 11:23:19 AM PST by Faith65 (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: COBOL2Java

Even better- thanks!


30 posted on 01/19/2017 11:25:01 AM PST by Faith65 (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: SeekAndFind

Are the PROTESTERS going to be in close proximity to BIKERS FOR TRUMP?

Bikers for Trump Arrive at Washington D C
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5AqTFv0GMU


31 posted on 01/19/2017 11:31:32 AM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Signalman

Uh-huh


32 posted on 01/19/2017 11:57:56 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Wouldn’t doubt that some crazy(s) have been ‘hired’ like those of ‘’shootings’. Where did those living shooters go?

Someone has invested a lot of money to get 250,000 idiots to do this.


33 posted on 01/19/2017 12:00:43 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

I’d bet 99°% don’t have a clue as to what they’re there for.

Just another ‘Party Time’ event.


34 posted on 01/19/2017 12:02:02 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: SeekAndFind
And then there's drones. A drone that can carry a camera can also carry and fire a gun, as one youtuber demonstrated last year. And I'm sure that an explosive is another possibility.

Technology available to virtually anyone has to be creating a nightmare for security. I'm wondering if open air inauguration ceremonies aren't something whose time has passed.

35 posted on 01/19/2017 12:03:19 PM PST by Pelham (the refusal to Deport is defacto Amnesty)
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To: matt04

So you are saying there are free rides to the inauguration? nice!


36 posted on 01/19/2017 12:31:14 PM PST by TalonDJ
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To: wbill

You’ve got that right I’ll be damned it’ll be two hundred fifty thousand protesters that are going to show. And they’re saying 900,000 people in total including 250,000 protesters so that means Trump supporters who are there to see the inauguration only going to be six hundred fifty thousand people? Yeah sure.


37 posted on 01/19/2017 12:44:41 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: stars & stripes forever

Ad pimping link.


38 posted on 01/19/2017 1:17:40 PM PST by tomkat
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To: matt04

where are the pics? more like a dozen idiots showed and three dozen media. NOWAY it was “hundreds” , just like Sharptons rally that was supposed to be 25K turned out to be two or three hundred at most. And just as much media. Laughable.

There isn’t going to be 250K protestors.


39 posted on 01/19/2017 1:26:38 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: snarkytart

IDK how many bussed in protestors, but locals all over the city will certainly seize opportunities for wilding, knockout games, etc., so opsec and head-swivel everywhere, not just in the vicinity of the festivities.


40 posted on 01/19/2017 2:21:40 PM PST by mumblypeg (Chicago called. They want their village idiot back.)
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