We took the street at a time and place of our own choosing, we marched (briefly) before being stopped by police lines, we sat and held our space in the street for forty minutes before being ejected onto the sidewalks, where we set up our own perimeter ringed by riot police, and held that space for another six hours until we left on our own terms.

1. Watch this exciting video: DC Cop Waves Gun at Snowball Fight!

2. Read Snowball Fight Takes Dark Turn, a news account of the event by a Washington-based ABC affiliate:

Snowball Fight Takes Dark Turn

WASHINGTON - A lively snowball fight on D.C. streets took a dark turn Saturday when anti-war protesters dressed in anarchist garb showed up, and a D.C. police officer pulled his weapon out of his holster.