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Park Service Says DC Crowd on 11/14: 11,666 (Original Post) Thekaspervote Nov 2020 OP
Eleven thousand and...uh...what? regnaD kciN Nov 2020 #1
Yeah--there's that "666" again. Orange Buffoon Nov 2020 #2
That's just over a million if you use maggotmath. Stinky The Clown Nov 2020 #3
666 is oddly specific. Nevilledog Nov 2020 #4
Yeah, that's a little like hefting a can of beans in your hand... Girard442 Nov 2020 #6
Yep. Just what I was thinking! Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2020 #7
Superspreader. cwydro Nov 2020 #5
That makes sense mercuryblues Nov 2020 #8
This event was well short of a million people Gothmog Nov 2020 #9
The event was well short of a million brain cells My Pet Orangutan Nov 2020 #10
+++ nt brer cat Nov 2020 #11
Heck, it was barely large enough to get a single set of teeth. Nevilledog Nov 2020 #12

Girard442

(6,917 posts)
6. Yeah, that's a little like hefting a can of beans in your hand...
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 06:09 AM
Nov 2020

...and "estimating" it weighs 8.0023 ounces.

mercuryblues

(16,515 posts)
8. That makes sense
Sun Nov 15, 2020, 09:02 AM
Nov 2020

Freedom park has a 13,000 capacity and was not quite filled up. I knew they were lying about crowd size from the get-go.

Note there were 3 different white supremacist groups groups feeding into the rally. Plus 1 counter protest group.

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