Women's March brings thousands to downtown Asheville
As a crowd assembled under dreary January skies Saturday morning, Earl Thompson watched from across the street. Though he was sitting quietly on the edge of Roger McGuire Green, Thompson had come downtown to support the Women’s March on Asheville.
“I’m here to support women’s rights and a whole range of other rights,” Thompson said. “The rights of immigrants, the rights of people of color, the rights of the dispossessed and the poor.”
As a new administration settled into the nation’s capital, a sea of people marched in Washington, D.C. The long-planned Women's March on Washington saw hundreds of thousands take to the streets, while similar events launched across the nation, including in downtown Asheville.
While organizers estimated the march at 10,000 strong, the Asheville Police Department estimated a crowd of 7,000, a gathering that fanned out from the rally's epicenter at Pack Square, pressing up against city buildings and spilling onto nearby sidewalks and streets. “It’s hard to say how many there are when you have that many people in a tight area,” said APD Captain Gary Gudac. “There’s no way to give a truly accurate account.”
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