A reporter's view from the scene outside the Fulton County Jail

Why it matters: We may never see anyone with the same star power booked into what locals refer to as Rice Street.

What happened: Fulton County sheriff's deputies blocked off streets, including one leading to the jail's front entrance.

• A nearby animal shelter preemptively shut down for the day, and residents of the surrounding neighborhood braced themselves for potential chaos.
• A truck dropped off additional barricades in the mid-morning to keep people out of the roadway. Shortly after, Atlanta firefighters arrived to help secure the area.

What we saw: Trump's supporters, who came from around metro Atlanta —and states such as Florida and Connecticut — sported red MAGA hats and pro-Trump shirts while juggling large flags and signs with water bottles and cell phones.

• Other supporters hosted livestreams and interviewed like-minded protesters about what we were all witnessing.
• One guy occasionally blew a fancy vuvuzela while two other men sang along with a country tune blasting from a Bluetooth speaker.
• A group of people who wore shirts that read "Blacks for Trump" played a hip-hop song that expressed support for the former president and promoted conspiracy theories about vaccines and Bill Gates.

The reporters posted up with lawn chairs and canopies on the right-of-way across from the Jail's main entrance.

• We occasionally milled around, taking pictures of protesters and asking what brought them out to support Trump.
• As the sun rose higher, reporters and protesters crowded under canopies and trees in a pathetic effort to avoid the heat.
• A brief detente occurred when several people took advantage of an ice cream truck passing along Marietta Street. I was too far away to partake.

• We journalists worked diligently from our phones and computers, sending feeds to our editors while trying not to get frustrated with the slow and sometimes non-existent network service.
• I'm sure I blurted out a few choice words my parents would not have wanted me to say publicly.

Yes, but: There were a few anti-Trump demonstrators. One man, Domenic Santana of Miami, doled out Kool-Aid packets to supporters while dressed in a striped, stereotypical jail get-up. He also had small bags of peanuts for the "circus."

• Another woman posed for pictures holding two anti-Trump signs.
• One man, carrying what he called the "The Roving Anti-Trumpism Band-Wagon," was selling buttons, one of which read: "He's indicted, and it feels so good."
• Two people wearing rat costumes held signs that said "Republicans Against Trump."

What we're watching: Whether these supporters and opponents will show up at any future trial dates in a similar fashion.