Fyi, the April 5 Hands Off protests were estimated by organizers at 5.3 million across the country, and much lower estimates by police. This seems common. My location (Boston) was estimated by police at 30,000, and organizers at 100,000 -- my guess was in the middle, 45-50,000 ("way more than Fenway Park holds"). I took in ~30 data point…
Fyi, the April 5 Hands Off protests were estimated by organizers at 5.3 million across the country, and much lower estimates by police. This seems common. My location (Boston) was estimated by police at 30,000, and organizers at 100,000 -- my guess was in the middle, 45-50,000 ("way more than Fenway Park holds"). I took in ~30 data points from posters on social media, and estimated 2 to 3 million nationally at a minimum, albeit probably less than 5.3 million. In any case, it was certainly more than half a million nationally.
Holy shit, thank you -- I'll correct it. that's what I get for grabbing a statistic from a national publication, I am for some reason continuing to forget that they are failing to report on this in any meaningful way. I'll change it
Fyi, the April 5 Hands Off protests were estimated by organizers at 5.3 million across the country, and much lower estimates by police. This seems common. My location (Boston) was estimated by police at 30,000, and organizers at 100,000 -- my guess was in the middle, 45-50,000 ("way more than Fenway Park holds"). I took in ~30 data points from posters on social media, and estimated 2 to 3 million nationally at a minimum, albeit probably less than 5.3 million. In any case, it was certainly more than half a million nationally.
And yes to more protests! Thank you Laura.
Holy shit, thank you -- I'll correct it. that's what I get for grabbing a statistic from a national publication, I am for some reason continuing to forget that they are failing to report on this in any meaningful way. I'll change it
Great! I've never seen anything like the one in Boston. But the next ones will be bigger. ;-)