A Weekend of Peaceful Protest in Reston

It was quite a weekend.

Great day in Reston!#SamouraiLoafers pic.twitter.com/HXFn3mLmOk

— Le Samouraï (@samourailoafers) June 8, 2020

RESTON, VA. pic.twitter.com/ZMdGXgJkK1

— ”👑 Jota Bo” (@KingBo_22) June 8, 2020

Reston brought it tonight!! 2000 people lined Reston Pkwy and then marched! Passing cars had signs in the windows & honked nonstop!! #BlackLivesMatter #restonstrong pic.twitter.com/xlAK7JtlNG

— Shyamali Roy Hauth (@ShyamaliHauth) June 8, 2020

Reston VA #BlackLivesMatter #RTC #Reston #BLM pic.twitter.com/RhFu3w2LsK

— lavasili4 (@lavasili4) June 8, 2020

Outside my apartment just now in Reston, Virginia#BLM #Reston pic.twitter.com/p1kv1uSuGp

— Jet 🏌️‍♂️🏀🎮 (@GMNChampion) June 8, 2020

Reston brought it tonight!! 2000 people lined Reston Pkwy and then marched! Passing cars had signs in the windows & honked nonstop!! #BlackLivesMatter #restonstrong pic.twitter.com/xlAK7JtlNG

— Shyamali Roy Hauth (@ShyamaliHauth) June 8, 2020

The biggest surprise of all? Reston Town Center allowed protesters to peacefully march through their private property, perhaps in response to some bad PR.

Peaceful protest at Reston Town Center! #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/iDOJNIFxZ8

— Karen Haldeman-Clark (@kahclark1) June 8, 2020

In response, we'll spare everyone the joke that this was the biggest crowd in RTC since the introduction of the iPhone 4.

The Reston zeitgeist, in one photo:

A peaceful, multiracial crowd... and kitties.

More photos here.

Elsewhere in Reston...

And our favorite paramilitary organization was back at it again:

In Reston, for George. @RestonOnline @GerryConnolly @abuddy @WalterAlcornFFX @fairfaxcounty pic.twitter.com/P1ORa5wwYG

— Chalk Hooligans (@ChalkHooligans) June 7, 2020