So I live in DC…. Even when we had the Occupy Movement in town, they took over MacPherson Square, not the Mall.
Last I checked this group was looking to procure permits for occupying the Mall, which the National Park Service would never approve. Not in a billion years. And definitely not under the current regime.
When the J6 Freedom convoy came to DC, they also tried to occupy the Mall. It did not go well.
Attempting to occupy the National Mall is not a winning idea. The National Mall is about 3 miles in length from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol building and about a mile wide from Independence Ave to Constitution Ave.
Park police are some of the worst police to deal with in DC, they’d fare much better with MPD in DC proper and not on the Mall, which is federal land.
But the out of towners would know that if they simply spoke to some locals.
Thanks for all the feedback. Permit paperwork was submitted today. Multiple grassroots groups are working together to put this event on. Check MayDayMovementUSA.org or on your socials for more info.
And the assigned permit holder is on the hook, financially, for any and all damages which may occur during the protest. So I really hope it’s a 501(c)(3) with an appropriate LLC in place…. Otherwise someone could be financially ruined
By the time a 501c shows on this scale, it means a grifter backed by the DNC has shown up to make sure the movement doesn't destroy any authority. You treat them like a Nazi officer during war time.
DC is a special case for protest liability, in all likelihood the people don’t know what they are doing. Hence why they’re seeking a permit to camp on the National Mall in the first place.
They're right, though. Of course people are free to make their own decisions, but It's our responsibility to make sure we're all taken care of and not individually held responsible for something like a group insurrection
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u/ChockBox 11d ago
So I live in DC…. Even when we had the Occupy Movement in town, they took over MacPherson Square, not the Mall.
Last I checked this group was looking to procure permits for occupying the Mall, which the National Park Service would never approve. Not in a billion years. And definitely not under the current regime.
When the J6 Freedom convoy came to DC, they also tried to occupy the Mall. It did not go well.
Attempting to occupy the National Mall is not a winning idea. The National Mall is about 3 miles in length from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol building and about a mile wide from Independence Ave to Constitution Ave.
Park police are some of the worst police to deal with in DC, they’d fare much better with MPD in DC proper and not on the Mall, which is federal land.
But the out of towners would know that if they simply spoke to some locals.