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The motley crew otherwise known as the MAGA march

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MAGA march: My story.     I did not attend as protester, or representative of any movement — and certainly not as a marcher. Mostly I felt if anything bad happened I wanted to make sure photos would be taken in support of ALL sides of the story.     If there were going to be "photo ops," then I wanted my photo ops included in any fair visual narrative. So, with camera in hand I arrived and started capturing things as I saw them. Note: I arrived long after the original "scuffle" had occurred. I walked mid-march up to the corner of Warner and PCH to Bolsa Chica Beach. There were a handful of protesters toward the end of the march, including two women, who were being badly bullied by an angry white crowd and there was pushing and abuse and screams in the faces of these (at that point) peaceful protesters.  Yes, some of the protesters said things that were bound to stir up anger.  But some protesters were just standing there and being silent.  Holding si