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April 5th 'Hands Off!' Protest Crowd Size Mega Thread! ๐Ÿ‘ซ๐Ÿ‘ญ ๐Ÿ›๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฌ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿง‘ (slrpnk.net)
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Drone shot of the crowd around Boston City Hall Plaza:

Cincinnati Ohio:

Washington Monument (Potential crowd size, 10k people):

York Pennsylvania:

Baltimore, Maryland:

Durham City Hall, NC:

Albany, NY:

Boston, MA:

Downtown Pittsburgh:

Pittsboro, NC:

Worcester, MA:

Grand Rapids, MI:

New York City, NY:

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[โ€“] Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I bet the crowds here are larger than the crowd Trump had at either of his inaugurations.

[โ€“] Sanctus@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago

They're larger than J6 thats for sure. I'm pretty sure that DC crowd tops the inauguration by itself but I haven't confirmed.

[โ€“] ThisOne@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

...anyone seen national news coverage of this yet?

Local news in MA is covering it.

[โ€“] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks like MSNBC is covering it.

[โ€“] ThisOne@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I've seen several so far. I'm surprised I haven't seen much coverage of previous protests besides just a passing phrase.

[โ€“] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I went to a protest today! In my small ass town! There were people on both sides of the road with signs, even in this deep red area. We got many more honks and cheers of support than I thought we would. Even one of our local pastors was out with a sign. Change is on the wind my friends.

[โ€“] Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

It's change or die, so I certainly hope so. Thanks for getting out there.

[โ€“] negativenull@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Denver, CO

[โ€“] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Birmingham, Alabama

[โ€“] WR5@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I'm proud of people in my home state fighting back against the stereotyping!

[โ€“] dryfter@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

images

Pic from Rochester D&C

Rochester, NY had close to 4,000 people show up out of a metro area with almost a million people. Not great but the weather also sucked so not a bad turnout either.

[โ€“] geoff@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Saint Paul, Minnesota, estimated crowd of 14,000.

[โ€“] Griff@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

Binghamton,NY

[โ€“] danciestlobster@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Omaha, NE. Not sure exact count but at least 1000 looked like!

[โ€“] hapablap@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago

Seattle, WA

[โ€“] wreckingball4good@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

About 300 in Fort Walton Beach, FL