DC Mayor Muriel Bowser faces protest at MLK parade over incarceration of Black youth

On the 15th of January under steady snow, the annual MLK day parade marched in Anacostia. A mixed group of protesters marched near the front-and pulled off to the side just blocks short of the reviewing stand area.

Lining the sidewalk with protest signs showing, peoir let MPD (Metropolitan Police Department) pass in silence. Soon therafter was the Mayor’s contingent, and protesters opened up with chants of “Kids out of Cages.”

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