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Patriot Front Marches Freedom 250 Parade, Police Cite $2.7 M Judgment

7/5/2026

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Metropolitan Police and National Guard units monitored the Freedom 250 parade as masked Patriot Front members rode the Metro and marched from Union Station on July 4, 2026.
The demonstrators displayed Confederate flags and wore hats with the group’s logo, a white nationalist organization founded by Thomas Rousseau, founder, after the 2017 Unite the Right rally.
Police emphasized First Amendment rights while pledging public safety, referencing the group’s $2.7 million judgment for assaulting saxophonist Charles Murrell III.

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Metropolitan Police and National Guard units monitored the Freedom 250 parade as masked Patriot Front members rode the Metro and marched from Union Station on July 4, 2026.
The demonstrators displayed Confederate flags and wore hats with the group’s logo, a white nationalist organization founded by Thomas Rousseau, founder, after the 2017 Unite the Right rally.
Police emphasized First Amendment rights while pledging public safety, referencing the group’s $2.7 million judgment for assaulting saxophonist Charles Murrell III.