The figure was 7 million, largest march turn out in world history. Even Fox News admitted it. Fox. Probably to scare the base.
It was for his birthday. He wanted to do the same thing in 2017. Not exactly the 250th then, was it? 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American revolution, and everybody in the United States of America plumb forgot. But a draft dodger who can't spell his own wife's name correctly remembers the 250th birthday of the Marines.
Police States typically operate with the police operating over everything. That tends to be the general idea,
The United States of America is a representative democracy, which basically saying a republic, but people also do vote for ballot initiatives, so it is democratic in that regard.
A peaceful protest is, by definition, a peaceful protest. I understand that according to you Trump had snipers ready to start shooting away, but, alas, they didn't get to.