"No Kings" from Marin County

From the Rowland Avenue Overpass on Highway 101, Novato, California. My home turf.

Permission was granted to photograph every person in all these pictures. A few people declined to have their photographs taken. Everyone who declined was black or Hispanic. Every single white person I asked thought it was fine to have their snap taken. Maybe that tells us much of what we need to know. Photos by Morgaan Sinclair before she figured out where the flash is! She was lovely and full of joy.

The moment I stepped out of our house, the horn-blowing was pronounced. It got louder and more frequent as I approached the Rowland Avenue overpass in Novato, California.

Start time was 10:30 a.m., and I took all these shots before 11:00 a.m. There was lots of talk about the murders of Melissa Hortman and her husband and the woundings of John Hoffman and his wife, who were shot multiple times.

Note: At our rally, there were no Marines, no National Guard troops, and NO POLICE. There was no control of this expression of free speech at all.

While I was on the bridge, a friend of ours was driving the length of Marin County from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Russian River, and he says there were signs and people at every overpass, decorated cars, and a symphony of constantly horn honking.

Thanks for coming out, everybody and letting us take your photograph. You’re the best.

We’ll see you next month.

Much Love,

Morgaan