Despite an intitial overwhelmingly intimidating police presence(cop cars, cops on horses, cops on bikes, cops on motorcycles, cops merrily practicing their baton swinging), potentially a reaction to the reclaim the streets action which took place on Nov. 2, or to the fact that somehow a banner had somehow made its way to the top of the washington monument briefly this afternoon, about 40 folks had the courage to get over their despair at bush's potentially questionable and undeniably terrible reelection and demand they be allowed to exercise their right of public assembly and protest. Regrettably confined largely to the sidewalk, the march peacefully(but loudly) let downtown baltimore know that not everyone in the city was planning on rolling over and accepting the dictates of the bush regime for another four years. Rush hour traffic responded largely with
a cacophany of horn honking in solidarity with or at least in appreciation for, what the protestors were trying to say.