Organizers aim to bring a million protesters to Washington in largest BLM demonstration yet
The nation's capital is bracing for its largest day of protests yet, with thousands of people expected to march Saturday against police brutality as the nation continues to mourn the death of George Floyd.
Black Lives Matter organizers were hoping to draw a million protesters.--
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Washington DC Police Brace For "One Of The Largest Demonstrations We've Ever Seen"
Update (1135ET): ~20,000 people attended racial justice protests in Sydney on Saturday "in solidarity" with Black Lives Matter and protesters in the US, according to police in New South Wales.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has ordered National Guard troops in the federal district not to fire on protesters (an order that presumably includes rubber bullets and bean bags) while ordering all active-duty troops that the administration had tried to amass on the outskirts of the city to return to their posts.--
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- Saturday, June 6, 2020