Million+ join Women's March on DC (photos)

Editors, Wisdom Quarterly; The Associated Press (Saturday, Jan. 22, 2017)

Million join the main Women's March in addition to L.A., Chicago, worldwide (AP).

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Over 1 million join anti-Trump marches

WASHINGTON, DC (AP) - In a global exclamation of [anti-Trump] defiance and solidarity, more than one million people rallied at women's marches in the nation's capital and cities around the world today to send President Don John Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they will not let his agenda go unchallenged.

"Welcome to your first day; we will not go away!" marchers in Washington, DC chanted. Many of the women came wearing pink, pointy-eared "pussyhats" to mock the new president. Plenty of men joined in, too, contributing to surprising numbers everywhere from New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles to Mexico City, Paris, Berlin, London, Prague, and Sydney. More

Cops say no arrests at Women's March on DC

Jewish Betsy Rosen of Charlotte, N.C., hugs Muslim girl of Moroccan descent Aya Laoufir, 17, of Arlington, Va., during rally at Women's March against Pres. Trump in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, more than 1 million people rallied at women's marches in the nation's capital and cities around the world Saturday to send Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won't let his agenda go unchallenged (AP).

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The Latest on the Women's March on Washington and affiliated protests around the world. 6:10 pm EST: A day after more than 200 people were arrested in Washington while protesting the inauguration of Pres. Trump, the Women's March on Washington didn't yield a single arrest.

According to District of Columbia (DC) Homeland Security Director Christopher Geldart, no one was arrested at massive peaceful Women's March demonstration.

 

Anarchists send Trump a message (AP).

Friday's inaugural protests were led by self-described "anarchists," and federal prosecutors say most of those arrested will be charged with felony rioting.

 

Director Geldart says, "I think our Metropolitan Police Department performed not only admirably but outstandingly." He adds, "They knew when we had those who were trying to destroy things and those who were trying to peacefully protest." More