“My brother lives in TN. He said Mayor Bowser is against Trump. She’s on your side! That lets us know how out of touch rest of country is w/the media blackout”

Protesters were livid at Mayor’s letter & feared more false charges. They spoke up. An inconvenient thread #DCProtests

“Mayor Bowsers letter (to Acting US Attorney) is a complete disgrace. It shows you her painting on BLM Plaza was just a performance” #DCProtests

“When it comes to policing Black bodies, the Mayor gives that to the federal gov’t. MPD is literally trumping up charges & just mass arresting people” #DCProtests

“These Trumpian tactics by the mayor for last 80+ days of beating ppl down on BLMPlaza... They never talk about the local PD. And it’s all because we’re in this election cycle. All of them talk about ‘law & order’. This is what kills Black ppl” #DCProtests

“We were all arrested w/o probable cause & she wants to prosecute us for peacefully protesting. We still have not received our phones. If charges have been dropped, what evidence are they holding our phones for?” #DCProtests

“I thought it ironic the Mayor was calling 4 alignment with the law as her MPD was violating emergency bill that said there would be no tear gas (etc) for past couple months... This is unlawful in every sense of the word” #DCProtests

“I was charged with a ‘riot act felony’. We all were. All 41 of us. I don’t understand why? It doesn’t make sense to me” #DCProtests

And again, medics and journalists have been arrested too. After a month of an unlawful arrest Kian still has not his phone back and two cameras that have great monetary & sentimental value. His arrest is part of MPD’s continual War on Media (a future thread) #DCProtests

“She wants to throw us all in jail but doesn’t want to address her cops who are committing war crimes against The Geneva Convention. She is letting her team of thugs abuse us & break laws & say we’re the law-breakers. Crime is clearly subjective” #DCProtests