Police Drag Away Limp Protester from Camp: Mayday 1971

Police drag a man toward a waiting bus after arresting him for failing to clear West Potomac Park after orders to do so by police. About 200 refused to leave the antiwar encampment on May 2, 1971.

 

Police revoked the demonstration permit before discussing the issue with protest leaders as required in the demonstration agreement. It was later determined that the highest levels of the U.S. government, including President Richard Nixon, were involved in the decision

 

The Mayday Tribe, a loose knit group of individuals, collectives and affinity groups, organized an attempt to shut down the U.S. government in Washington, D.C. in protest of the continued war in Indochina May 3-5, 1971.

 

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Photo by Bernie Boston. Courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.

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