The night was gorgeous. What started as about 12,500, according to most papers,
ended with a few thousand at Santa Monica Blvd and San Vicente. Drew Barrymore, bless her, marched in support.
During the middle of the evening, around 11:00pm, I banded with a smaller group
of about 150 and embarked from Hollywood & Highland toward Sunset and La Brea.
We were small, because most of the marchers chose to walk from Silverlake...I (and maybe 300 others) took the train.
The police were initially very aggressive, in full riot-ready regalia. The small train-taking crowd wasn't sufficiently large to sway the police to be our friends. Apparently, there's a critical mass that must be reached in order to convince police to act in your safety.
In any case, the hour or so that I spent with the smaller group was the most beautiful outpouring of love I've ever experienced. We walked through traffic, unaccompanied by police, chanting and sharing. This Saturday expect another day of mass protest, this time in cities throughout the U.S. More info here & here.
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