People shining spotlights at the cops. Now they know how we've felt for the last 2 weeks at the fence
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Some discussion as to whether to march or stay. Police have moved people away from the fire. Crowd restless and uncertain
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Police fire point blank into the crowd. Unclear why. Unlawful assembly has not been declared
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Crowd loves away, then returns, furious
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Someone has been shot in the hand with something. They are bleeding. Medics running to help
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Civil disturbance declared. Very unclear why
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They are instructing us to leave to the North. No one is moving It should go without saying, but absolutely fuck the police
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They're lining up. We're moving slowly away. Time to get our cardio for the day
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Smoke fired. Crowd staying together
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On the move. Warms my fuckin heart the way we use hand signals, stay tight, control fear. Reminds me of military training
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The one thing we still struggle with is pacing. The front moves too fast. "We are only as fast as the slowest member!!" someone yells over a megaphone.
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Someone drags and upends a a picnic table in the street and is immediately taken to task. "This is a small, minority-owned business. That's not why we're here!!" Protesters return the table to it's rightful spot
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The chants also remind me of the military. Cadence keeps people on rhythm and broadcasts important information. Reminds people to be calm, slow down. Why they're here. Who they are
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Stopped at an intersection, waiting for a rumored group to catch up. A line of cars protects the rear New chant: "you're ugly, you're sick. Racist cops can suck my dick!"
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The other group arrives!! We are many. Cheers erupt
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An argument: where to next? This happens too often during these protests. We've come so far tactically; we have so much farther to go. Group in danger of splitting
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After some drama the group is more or less back together. Chants of "slow in the front, protect the back!" It's hard to imagine how the front could go any slower
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Through residential areas. "March with us!"
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Mission top secret, destination unknown. I'll tweet again when we get there. Crowd moving at a slow steady pace, chanting, waking everyone up. No sleep until we fix this broken system
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Footage of person I talked about getting shot in the hand. No fucking reason for it Thank you @sillybloc for tagging me on this https://twitter.com/JDMedia8/status/1272778861827088384?s=19 …
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Marching through a very wealthy neighborhood. "Wake up, motherfuckers, wake up!" Double advantage: take the protest to the people with wealth and power, and the cops can't be as brutal with all these well-bred people around
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Someone starts beating on cars. Other protesters run to stop them. No damage beyond some car alarms blaring
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"get the fuck back, white boy!!" White boy gets the fuck back
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It's a baccanalle. Banging on signs, cheering. You can't sleep until we all can sleep. You get silence once the violence stops. Abolish the police!
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"we're not here to destroy shit, were here to make noise!" "Disturb the money!" "These are the people who pay the cops!! Wake them the fuck up!!" Someone talks about the importance of keeping it peaceful. We can all agree on one thing: noise is good
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A Karen-American confronts the protest, phone up, recording. Appears to be confused about why we're marching and what we hope to accomplish. Two black people calmly explain. She isn't having it. Neither are we. All things considered, everyone is polite Eventually she leaves
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The group seems to be scattering of it's own accord. I'm gonna call it a night. Another one in the books, folks: see y'all tomorrow! Solidarity to all those still out there
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