Protesters Arrested at Camp Give Peace Sign: Mayday 1971
Police revoked the permit to stage protests in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2, 1971. Several hundred demonstrators refused to leave the encampment at West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. and were arrested.
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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May 5: coming soon
Photo by Bernie Boston. Courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
Protesters Arrested at Camp Give Peace Sign: Mayday 1971
Police revoked the permit to stage protests in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 2, 1971. Several hundred demonstrators refused to leave the encampment at West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. and were arrested.
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.
For more information and additional images, see
May 1: flic.kr/s/aHsk5GV1JM
May 2: flic.kr/s/aHsk5CKtKq
May 3: flic.kr/s/aHsk5bjYqk
May 4: flic.kr/s/aHsk64GugT
May 5: coming soon
Photo by Bernie Boston. Courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.