Early evening on June 7 after WorldPride, the crowd had reclaimed Dupont Circle. It was crowded but there were still a lot of cops. Then two people were stabbed and one was shot in a possibly unrelated incident.
Cops again seized Dupont Circle, which changed hands for the 3ed time in the weekend. Shortly after I arrived on the scene, I heard a loud BOOM, more like a heavy firework than a pistol, but sound can do strange things. This may or may not have been the shooting itself. Either way, the crowd that had just been pushed out of the park stampeded, fortunately not very far. I didn’t see anyone get trampled at least.
Later that night, the cops had closed what looked like a 1 block radius around Dupont Circle. An incredible number of cops were on the scene,seemed like way too many for two stabbed and one shot. The cops simply do NOT care about the public to that extent. This in turn raises questions about their real intent.