It was really good. We’re in a small area, so the protest was also small, but it lined both sides of a full long block (despite the rain!) with a more solid density at the announced street corner vs. the opposite end of the block, and there were a few times both sides of the street were singing the national anthem in unison [the block was too long for us to be doing anything in unison with the other end of it, so we did not get in on many of the chants]. From the people driving by, most were inert (or we couldn’t tell because tinted windows are normal here), probably about 1/4 had thumbs-up/wave/happy honking/yelling friendly things out the window, or that sort of thing. We had a few thumbs-downs and only had a few middle fingers and one angry yelling dude (there were a few trucks who revved loudly as they went down the street, but having seen them rev loudly in other places in town for no apparent reason, I am unsure of whether it was targeted at us). Zero agitators, mix of ages, at least half a dozen friendly dogs, and several people in inflatable costumes.

A surprising [to me] number of people showed up without signs just to be there and protest, but most had homemade signs or had brought a large flag or both. And lessons were learned about the durability of regular posterboard after being waved in the rain [it does last for a while! It’s worth bringing! But it does eventually revert to being paper pulp; foamcore or regular box-cardboard held up better]; also the comparative water solubility of various types of pens resulted in New Artistic Effects on some signs… Normal permanent sharpies Got The Job Done; also, window insulation film was an anti-rain winner which was an OH for me [big sheets of plastic that are clearer than a dropcloth, cheap; we’ve used them in various drafty housing]; contrasting-color tape on signs holds up really well but the tape width limits text size; one person had their sign covered in a big bubble-wrap envelope and it was still legible, which is impressive!

Sorry you couldn’t make it to yours, but yeah, bodies are going to do what bodies are going to do when those bodies have been woken up that early (and you’ve also got the “really shouldn’t stand in the sun” aspect!). I hope the video feed was a lot of fun!