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Peace, Positivity as Massive Women's March Makes Voices Heard in D.C.

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Not a single arrest was made as hundreds of thousands marched in the nation's capital, in the national mall on Saturday, to show their support for women's rights a day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated. Some voiced their opposition to the new president. An estimated 500,000 people attended the massive march, D.C.'s deputy mayor for public safety and justice said, citing the event's organizers. Those who participated in the Women's March on Washington said the event was much more peaceful and positive than the protests during Friday's inauguration. D.C. police said they had no reports of arrests as of 6 p.m. on Saturday, a stark contrast to Friday's anti-Trump protest that saw 230 people arrested, the windows of businesses smashed and a limo torched. 

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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)
 

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