On the same day that Walmart’s PR efforts got a huge boost from First Lady Michelle Obama’s endorsement of the company’s plan to sell healthier foods, 25 people affiliated with the group Walmart-Free D.C. peacefully gathered to protest the arrival of four — possibly even five — outlets of the retail behemoth in the District. But instead of demonstrating at one of the possible Walmart locations or making their opinions known to members of the D.C. Council, the protesters descended on the Woodley Park home of Dick Knapp, an executive at Foulger-Pratt, the company that is set to develop the Georgia Avenue Walmart.

Under the watchful eye of D.C. police — we counted three police cars, one police van and one police motorcycle — the protesters marched from the Woodley Park Metro station to Knapp’s house, where they chanted “Keep D.C. Walmart Free!” and “Walmart’s No Good, They’re Anti-Statehood!” And though the lights were on in Knapp’s house, the blinds were drawn and he never emerged. (The group had been criticized for using a bulls-eye on a flyer announcing the protest; as of today, the flyer is no longer on the group’s website.)