Protest Pizza + Bar, a gay-owned pizzeria in D.C.'s Dupont Circle neighborhood, was robbed of $78 during an early-morning break-in on Friday, August 21.
As reported by D.C.-based FOX affiliate WTTG, surveillance video captured a man dressed in black, with his face covered, approaching the pizzeria at 1633 1/2 P Street NW shortly before 3 a.m.
The suspect attempted to force open the front door before smashing its glass and entering the business. Once inside, he leapt over the bar, ran to a cash register in the back, grabbed the money inside, and fled.
"It started as an excuse to get people together," says Fergus O'Brien, a local realtor who prefers to go by his first name, referring to the monthly gathering he has organized for a decade and that, until this week, was known as "DIK Bar Bear Happy Hour."
"Over time, it became a community of its own, and it's always evolving," Fergus adds. "People come to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, and enjoy a setting where conversation doesn't have to compete with loud music. It's really about bringing people together and all that entails."
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