On the Friday morning of my last visit to Washington, I spotted an unusual number of police along the National Mall and around Capitol Hill. Motorcycle cops encircled the James Garfield Memorial, standing around their bikes as though awaiting the start of a parade, and cruisers guarded each intersection of Independence Avenue. As I waited for the light to cross over to the Longworth building for breakfast, I heard indecipherable chanting from farther up Independence, over a rise and out of sight. A young Capitol policeman came up to wait for the same light, and I asked what was up.
“Protesters,” he said. “They say they’re going to shut down D.C.” I asked what they were protesting, but he shrugged and smiled. “Damned if I know,” he said, as the light changed. “Have a nice day.”
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