My video from Saturday evening's #nokings protest in #Asheville. Sharing reddit photos cause BlueSky won't host a 2min video . . . www.reddit.com/r/asheville/...

PHOTOS: Asheville's "No Kings" protest finally breaks some rules ***See my live coverage (including video) on BlueSky, starting with this post.

Photos from yesterday's protest are up on Substack! #asheville #nokings

After rain the crowd has dwindled to about 150 ppl. I'm going to sign off. It's been fun, y'all! Somebody lemme know if anything pops off later . . . Otherwise, stay tuned for photos! #asheville #nokings 20:19 est.

20:03 est. Raining now. I ducked into Farm Burger. I see some folks leaving with their signs. When I walked away, Brick Guy was talking into his brick like it was a phone. So at least we have that. #asheville #nokings

To stand in the middle was trippy, to say the least. Shout out to the Jesus flag chick who seemed to have no problem waving her flag with some weirdo standing nearby, though I can't say the same for the rest of the Jesus people

20:00 est. Status quo. I'm stepping away for a bit. #asheville #nokings

Drone overhead. #asheville #nokings

Re: #avltraffic, roads are flowing fine now except for Patton > Spruce st, which is blocked by protesters. And brick guy. But at this point I think he's too attached to it to throw it. #asheville #nokings

Oh I see. Thought you were talking about AVL.

Looks like we're settling in. APD presence never really materialized after the bridge. No cops here now. One guy with a brick is menacing traffic but only seems to have one and he's hanging on to it. Wise man. #asheville

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Passersby overwhelmingly supportive. Trump truck stopped for a sec, then moved on. Crazy guy from the Jesus crew accosted one of the protesters, followed a lady down the street. Buncha bros intervened. All well now. #asheville #nokings

As an aside, I can't believe this town actually broke the rules. This is really gonna cut into the crystal sales. #asheville #nokings

There is a lone MAGA hat wearing counter protesters in the middle of the crowd stirring the pot. Otherwise scene is angry but non-confrontational. #asheville #nokings 1845 est

1842 est. #asheville #nokings Traffic flowing now. Protesters gave ground, are mostly on the sidewalks.

1832est. #asheville #nokings

1830est. Pack Square locked down. #asheville #nokings

Proceeding to broadway

1817 est. Crowd on the move down Hiwasee. #asheville #nokings

1805 est. #asheville #nokings. Flint st bridge.

1803pm. APD on scene. #asheville #nokings

1759 est. Flint St Bridge is blocked. #ashevile #nokings #ashevillenc

1754 est. #asheville #nokings

Shit just got real. We're in the street. #asheville #nokings

It is HOT out here, y'all. I feel bad for the all-black gas mask types. Stay hydrated, weirdos! #asheville #nokings

... this crowd is much younger, much browned, much louder. Actually getting a chance to voice their feelings, as opposed to listening to local pols yak. Feels like a real protest and not a program. No counter protesters except for the usual "God hates f*gs, Blesses Trump" car. No police. #nokings

1744 est. Stepping away to make updates. Crowd is well into "hundreds" but probably not a thousand. It's tight in Prtichard Park. Things are mostly respectful between the protesters and the Jesus folks. I wasn't here earlier today but did cover previous protests ... #nokings #asheville

Juxtaposition is pretty surreal, y'all. #asheville #nokings #ashevillenc

17:25 EST. #asheville #nokings #ashevillenc

Okay, this is quite a scene, actually.... #nokings #asheville