- Title: Pro-marijuana activists light joints, march towards Trump's inauguration
- Date: 20th January 2017
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 20, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PRO-MARIJUANA ACTIVISTS STANDING INSIDE AND NEXT TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MOCK JAIL CELL, GIVING AWAY FREE JOINTS IN THE DUPONT CIRCLE NEIGHBORHOOD OF WASHINGTON PANNING WIDE SHOT OF THE PRO-MARIJUANA MARCH BEFORE IT BEGINS MAN SMOKING A JOINT, HANDING IT TO A WOMAN AND HUGGING HER MAN HOLDING A SIGN THAT READS "LEGALIZE IT! DON'T CRITICIZE IT!" TWO MEN SHARING A JOINT PROTEST SIGN THAT READS "WE'RE NOT SCARE MONGERING, THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING", ZOOM OUT TO WIDE OF SEVERAL PROTESTERS PROTESTER DRESSED IN A MARIJUANA LEAF COSTUME GIVING THE VICTORY SIGN
- Embargoed: 3rd February 2017 20:46
- Keywords: Donald Trump President inauguration protest cannabis marijuana protest demonstration police joints
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0015ZW1AO7
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Pro-marijuana activists, fearing that Donald Trump's pick for attorney general might reverse recent legalization gains, lighted joints and gave them away in the streets of Washington on Friday (January 20) during a march towards his presidential inauguration.
Several hundred protesters held a rally near the Dupont Circle neighborhood of the nation's capital which included a mock jail cell.
The protesters then marched south towards the site of the inauguration, chanting and reaching a cordoned off area where police were stationed.
The cannabis march was peaceful compared to earlier anti-Trump protests that turned violent and led to dozens of arrests. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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