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Back to the original head count estimates. MOST crowd estimates are wildly exaggerated/diminished by the news media depending on many factors.
I work for several music festivals and one of the events typically gets crowd estimated ranging from a low of 15,000 to a high of 25,000. The actual number is just under 7,000 counting staff, performers, media, sponsors, vendors and the like and our situation is not unusual.
So the 2 million is certainly an exaggerated figure and the low one posted? Who will ever know? I think the important thing to note is that people are taking it to the streets over the policies of Barack Obama.
Word was 1.5 to 2 million from DC police on the street......as reported by Rose Tennant and many other attendees.....looks like the non US reports were spot on...no agenda I suppose from the State run media......
Secret Service and DC police said they see protests all the time but haven't seen anything this big......perhaps bigger than the Big 'O's inaug......
Nothing like pissed off conservatives for a good throw down......