Humboldt’s third major anti-Trump protest was a little more subdued than the first two — see here and here — perhaps because the weather was less nice.

But hundreds of people showed up anyway, and the enthusiasm level was still pretty high. People wandered back and forth along either side of Fifth Street between I and K, meeting old friends or making new ones. Strangers struck up conversations to a degree you don’t see in everyday life.

Some new hand-drawn signs were circulated in to keep up with the headlines. The Bandemonium brass band, or some portion of it, showed up to entertain the crowd. The Handmaids were back. There was a funeral procession for American democracy.

As in previous weeks, the percentage of cars passing by who opted to honk was very high. In our hour down there, the Outpost only witnessed one verbal confrontation between protesters and a truck stopped at a stoplight, but it even that was pretty chill. Views were exchanged, a little spicily, and then the fellow drove on. 

Police were parked at a discrete distance from the site, with the exception of one car at the intersection of Fifth and J, which is the place problems seem to break out.

Some photos below.