U.S. protest group vows to disrupt Trump inaugural festivities

By Lacey Johnson and Ian Simpson

REUTERS

 

Anti-Trump demonstrators organized by RefuseFascism.org stage a protest at McPherson Square in Washington January 18, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of an ad hoc group of protesters enraged by Republican Donald Trump's election as president of the United States vowed on Wednesday to disrupt his inauguration this week by blocking public access to the event.

 

The DisruptJ20 protest group said it will send groups of demonstrators to the dozen entrances to the grassy National Mall where hundreds of thousands of people are expected to gather to watch Trump, who has never before held public office, be sworn in as president on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Friday.

 

"We believe that it's our role and the role of any people with conscience to try to disrupt this inauguration and have a massive showing of resistance on that day," Samantha Miller, a DisruptJ20 organizer, said at a news conference.

 

The U.S. Secret Service and Washington police are expecting some 900,000 people to pack into the area between the Capitol and White House on Friday to view the swearing-in and will have thousands of uniformed officers on site.

 

Trump has angered many on the left with demeaning comments about women, immigrants and Muslims, a vow to repeal the sweeping healthcare reform law known as "Obamacare" and plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

 

His supporters admire Trump's experience in business, including as a real estate developer and reality television star, and view him as a brash problem-solver.

 

Miller said DisruptJ20 will be sending groups of about 100 protesters to block each of the dozen security checkpoints for people entering the inaugural festivities.

 

"There will definitely be interactions with law enforcement that day, no doubt," Miller said.

 

Washington's Metropolitan Police Department declined to comment on the group's plans.

 

"We support everyone's First Amendment right to peaceably protest," a spokeswoman said in an email, referring to the amendment to the U.S. Constitution that protects the right to free expression.

 

About 3 square miles (nearly 8 square km) of central Washington will be in a security cordon that will include roadblocks, street barricades and about 3,000 extra police, federal officers and 5,000 National Guard troops.

 

The inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue will pass the Trump International Hotel, a rallying point for protesters since the election.

 

A man set himself on fire late on Tuesday outside the hotel, in what he told NBC 4 television was an anti-Trump protest. Police said he was taken to a hospital for treatment and had no details on his condition.

 

(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone and James Dalgleish)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-01-19

With these boy on hand I don't think so. 

 

Samantha is a Suthep wannabe. Maybe she can get support from the Baltimore crowd and riot and steal and destroy that should show them who is the boss huh..

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47 minutes ago, khwaibah said:

With these boy on hand I don't think so. 

 

Hopefully these boys and the police will put the fragile little snowflakes in their place.

These guys are ready 

8 hours ago, khwaibah said:

With these boy on hand I don't think so. 

 

The police will be out in full force and that will equalize or neuter the bikers. The application for bus parking passes is up by 6 fold thus the turn out pro and against should be interesting. 

Hope it's a peaceful day all around, but also hope that the MASS PROTESTS send a strong message around the world that this isn't a normal inauguration or a normal president. 

Green hair, nose rings and Che Guevara t-shirts. Kool!

Why this TRAGIC inauguration really is different, and mass protest (and to continue that in every possible way) is entirely appropriate:

http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/essays/america-america/

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Having spent three-quarters of a century fretting about enemies abroad, we have never fully processed a lesson of history: that great civilizations almost invariably collapse from within. We are Athens, we are Rome — we are, more than anything, Paris in the 1930s, another society divided against itself, living in what one historian described as “the age of unreason.” France then boasted the mightiest army on the continent, but the country was so hollowed out it simply collapsed when placed under stress, leading to defeat, occupation, humiliation. 

 

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But where do you draw the line as far as acceptable action for protest?

 

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51 year-old Florida resident, Dominic Puopolo, who was arrested by Miami Beach police Tuesday for allegedly threatening President-elect Donald Trump online is, according to The Daily Mail, is a member of a prominent northeast family close to Bill and Hillary Clinton.

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/florida-man-arrested-threatening-twitter-kill-trump-article-1.2949714

Irrelevant diversion. An individual nutcase that thinks he's Jesus. 

Dont worry you precious lefties it will all be over soon enough and you can feel better sitting on your fat <deleted> moaning about President Trump or pretending these protests actually mean something.

 

OUR new President gets to work in a few hours and will start the long path to make America great again. 

 

I am giving him a chance and I know he can't do any worse than your hero Bama. 

33 minutes ago, Luckysilk said:

Dont worry you precious lefties it will all be over soon enough and you can feel better sitting on your fat <deleted> moaning about President Trump or pretending these protests actually mean something.

 

OUR new President gets to work in a few hours and will start the long path to make America great again. 

 

I am giving him a chance and I know he can't do any worse than your hero Bama. 

I am giving him a chance and I know he can't do any worse than your hero Bama. are you really sure he cant do any worse

23 minutes ago, yardrunner said:

I am giving him a chance and I know he can't do any worse than your hero Bama. are you really sure he cant do any worse

It will be damn hard not to be worse than Bama.

Liberals - pathetic cry babies.

How many conservatives rioted when obama was elected? NONE! Because conservatives are more mature than liberals.

Trump can hold his own...

 

https://www.facebook.com/Jackpot247/videos/1157315700984813/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

 

Liberals - pathetic cry babies.
How many conservatives riotedriotedw when obama waswas elected? NONE! Because conservatives are more mature than liberals.

Popularity of Obama at inauguration 80 percent.

Popularity of the man baby Putin puppet sexually compromised clown 40 percent.

Dont worry you precious lefties it will all be over soon enough and you can feel better sitting on your fat moaning about President Trump or pretending these protests actually mean something.
 
OUR new President gets to work in a few hours and will start the long path to make America great again. 
 
I am giving him a chance and I know he can't do any worse than your hero Bama. 

YOUR president will get to work on Monday! His words, not mine!


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41 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Popularity of Obama at inauguration 80 percent.

Popularity of the man baby Putin puppet sexually compromised clown 40 percent.

Same polls that predicted Trump would lose.  No biggie.

1 minute ago, DM07 said:

YOUR president will get to work on Monday! His words, not mine!


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He must be resisted.

These guys must be subjected to pre-emptive arrest and detention for disturbing the peace and obstructing government business. 

Yeah...ahm...freedom of speech and expression...anyone....?!

25 minutes ago, mesquite said:

 

 Priceless !  The clever and brilliant input from many forum members is why I even read this news.  

11 hours ago, Pimay1 said:

Hopefully these boys and the police will put the fragile little snowflakes in their place.

 In my opinion, you're correct. However, those that want to disrupt are actually looking for a fight for which the liberal news media will diligently cover and claim a disastrous  inauguration .  Although for different reasons, protestors did the same at the 1968  democratic convention. 

Trump is SO out of his league, so completely unprepared for this job.

1 hour ago, mesquite said:

Same polls that predicted Trump would lose.  No biggie.

That's right. trump DID lose the popular vote by about THREE MILLION votes. He just squeaked by on some VERY THIN margins in some surprise states. He has no mandate and since election he has become even more unpopular. 

23 minutes ago, Penicillin said:

 In my opinion, you're correct. However, those that want to disrupt are actually looking for a fight for which the liberal news media will diligently cover and claim a disastrous  inauguration .  Although for different reasons, protestors did the same at the 1968  democratic convention. 

The dissent is REAL and it's not going away. trump as president is a TRAGIC development and resistance is the only patriotic option. 

The Republicans are curbing the Ethics Office, what do people expect! Go figure why the Republicans are so afraid of the Ethics Office.

 

Heck Trump even still hasn't reveal his tax returns, and in the newest interviews with reporters he still claims he can't reveal it, and that people don't care.

 

Once the Ethics Office is curbed, the congress can stop any investigation on itself. Can Trump supporters here explain why people shouldn't be protesting against Trump and the Republicans?

3 hours ago, mesquite said:

 

 

Reductionist. Moronic. Wrong.

 

#notmypresident