Once the election was called people started pouring in to the streets of DC. I was at U and 14th where there was a planned gathering and drum circle. A few thousand people were also there. Fireworks were going off. The whole intersection was taken over and people were climbing on trees, bus stations, newspaper machines, and everything else. The cops didn't interfere at all and did a little traffic management being that no one was getting through the intersection. Lots of cars and buses had to do U turns. Everyone was in quite the happy mood dancing in the streets. Even the cars that were stuck were having a good time.
The cops did get control of the intersection once but then lost it when more people came from Adams Morgan, the 9:30 Club, and their homes after the 11:00 news. At some point people start yelling to head to the White House. Apparently another large crowd was down there. They should have walked on to the White House lawn. What would a few secret service guys do if 5000 people started walking up to knock on the door?
I took pics with my phone but being that I've never really used the camera before and it was dark out they aren't exactly high quality shots.
The Washington Post also did a story.
UPDATE: videos
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