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Anti-Trump Protests Intensify on Morning of Inauguration - NBC News
There are all kinds of stories out there regarding anti-Trump protesters insulting, assaulting and generally harassing those who came to witness Trumps inauguration in peace.
This is what happens when government leaders preach an "everybody is a winner" mentality. This is what happens when "participation trophies" become the norm.
Yeah? Here's your "source of light"
As the inauguration got underway, violence erupted in the city's downtown about five blocks from the parade route. Protesters threw rocks at glass storefronts, including a Starbucks and banks, and clutched hammers and bricks, witnesses told NBC News.
Protesters flung the bricks at police cars, although it was unclear what set off the situation, said Staff Sgt. Mark Stevenson of the D.C. Army National Guard.
There are all kinds of stories out there regarding anti-Trump protesters insulting, assaulting and generally harassing those who came to witness Trumps inauguration in peace.
This is what happens when government leaders preach an "everybody is a winner" mentality. This is what happens when "participation trophies" become the norm.
"The only source of light on this miserable day is the massive, multi-racial, multi-generational progressive resistance movement led by women and people of color that's already emerging to confront Donald Trump's agenda of hate and growing stronger every single day," said Democracy for America Executive Director Charles Chamberlain.
Yeah? Here's your "source of light"
Inauguration protests, acts of vandalism, police injured as Donald Trump takes office - CNNPolitics.comTwo DC police officers and one other person were taken to the hospital for undetermined injuries after run-ins with protesters, DC Fire Spokesman Vito Maggiolo told CNN. The injuries are non-life threatening.
A few blocks from the White House, outside the security perimeter, building windows along the street were broken out, some vehicle windows were smashed and newspaper stands toppled. One business owner told CNN there might have been as many as several hundred protesters in the area, some dressed in black.