Three months later, Faryna was among 7,000 people arrested in Washington during the largest mass arrest in U.S. history. The May Day protests were spread over several days in May 1971. The centerpiece was on May 3, when demonstrators planned to shut down federal offices by blocking the capital’s roads, bridges and traffic circles. ADADWrote The Post’s Paul W. Valentine: “Troops with fixed bayonets occupied streets where demonstrators had been. But the Justice Department urged that even those who had not been formally charged be held so they couldn’t return to demonstrations.

Source: Washington Post June 07, 2020 20:48 UTC