Sunday, February 9, 2014

Thousands of marchers?

Bill Barber and the NAACP claim 80,000 to 100,000 folks showed up to protest on Saturday February 8 in downtown Raleigh. The left leaning Politics NC website uses commonly accepted crowd estimating formulas and says 20,000. I wasn't there, but I saw photos and talked to two people who were there. The people who were there spouted the Barber line, so I am not too certain of its validity. They were enthusiastic though. I tend to go with smaller numbers than event organizers use. The organizers have a vested interest in giving bigger numbers to promote their success/importance. Walt-in-Durham

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