More than 1,000 protesters march in Baltimore on May Day
WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore
[{'start': '0.233', 'end': '2.034', 'text': "TONIGHT.  YEAH.  KAI ASHLEY.  IT WAS A LOT OF FOLKS, OVER  1000, AS YOU MENTIONED.  THEY'RE RIGHT HERE AT MCKELDIN  PLAZA, DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE,  ACROSS FROM THE INNER HARBOR,  ROUGHLY 50 ORGANIZATIONS MAKING  UP ABOUT SEVEN MARCHES LEADING  THOSE PROTESTERS AND  DEMONSTRATORS TO RIGHT HERE FOR  MAY DAY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS  INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY.  NO FEAR, NO HATE ICE OUT OF OUR  STATE.  MARCHING THE STREETS OF  BALTIMORE CITY WITH THEIR PATHS  LEADING RIGHT HERE TO MCKELDIN  SQUARE.  EVERYBODY'S HERE FOR MULTIPLE  REASONS.  EVERYONE STANDING IN SOLIDARITY,  WHETHER IT'S WORKERS RIGHTS,  WHETHER IT'S IMMIGRANT RIGHTS,  WHETHER IT'S PROTECTING  EDUCATION, PROTECTING OUR  YOUNGEST PEOPLE ALL THE WAY TO  PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY.  CHRISTINA DUNCAN EVANS WAS ONE  OF HUNDREDS MARCHING ON BEHALF  OF THE BALTIMORE TEACHERS UNION.  HER MARCH, ONE OF SEVEN ACROSS  THE CITY THAT UNITED IN THE  INNER HARBOR, ALL WITH DIFFERENT  THEMES.  EVERYBODY HAS MULTIPLE REASONS  TO BE HERE, AND WE'RE STANDING  IN SOLIDARITY, SHOWING  SOLIDARITY IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE  FOR MAY DAY OR INTERNATIONAL  WORKERS DAY, A NATIONAL DAY OF  PROTESTING.  HISTORICALLY, AMONG THOSE WITH  LABOR TIES.  TRUMP AND HIS CRONIES HAVE THE  MOST RICH CABINET IN HISTORY OF  THE UNITED STATES, AND WE WANT  TO STOP THEIR BILLIONAIRE  TAKEOVER OF OUR COMMUNITIES.  AMONG THOSE PROTESTING WERE  LABOR UNIONS.  I THINK WE'RE SEEING  UNPRECEDENTED ATTACKS AGAINST  WORKERS, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING  UNPRECEDENTED COORDINATION  WITHIN LABOR WORKERS STANDING  TOGETHER.  AND YOU'LL SEE THIS ACROSS THE  COUNTRY.  AND THOSE ADVOCATING FOR  DEMOCRACY.  WE ALL NEED TO HAVE A VOICE IN  OUR DEMOCRACY, AND THAT'S WHAT  WE'RE IN DANGER OF LOSING.  ALSO, PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS  AND THOSE FIGHTING FOR IMMIGRANT  JUSTICE WERE IN ATTENDANCE.  RIGHT NOW, IT'S A TIME WHERE I  DON'T FEEL WELCOME.  I DON'T FEEL LIKE MY  CONTRIBUTIONS ARE VALUED.  SO THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY  DISHEARTENING TO HAVE THIS  REALLY LOVE FOR THIS COUNTRY,  BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A PLACE  THAT I CALL HOME.  COMING TOGETHER WITH DIFFERENT  BACKGROUNDS AND MESSAGES, BUT  ALL OPERATING UNDER THE SAME  MISSION.  WE ARE GOING TO STICK TOGETHER  FROM EVERY PART OF OUR CITY TO  MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP WORKING  FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES, KEEP  WORKING FAMILIES IN THEIR JOBS,  KEEP WORKING FAMILIES IN THEIR  SCHOOLS.  AND I'M TOLD BY SEVERAL  ORGANIZERS THAT THEY HOPE THIS  WAS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THEIR  PROTESTING JOURNEY.  IN OTHER WORDS, THEY SAY THEY  WANT TO SHOW SOLIDARITY AMONG  THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.  MORE THAN JUST THIS ONCE.  THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT MOMENTUM  GOING.  LIVE TONIGHT IN DOWNTOWN"}]