I'm seeing people drawing grafitti on the doors. Someone throws something. It's very frustrating. Picking battles is important: the risk/reward for this particular battle is off-the-charts bad
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Things continue uneventfully on. The trumpet is a nice addition to the chanting, though I can't help but notice we have not chanted the names tonight Protesters knock on the JC door. Trick or treat? It remains to be seen Maybe it's going to be a quiet night
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The two genders are bored and terrified I think there used to be more emotions but I've forgotten
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A black activist gets up and asks what the fuck we're doing here. Reminds us the stakes. Says black leaders are unhappy with this shit He says people are antagonizing the police and running, and we need to reevaluate tactics Applause
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He's talking about leaving and doing something different. Switching it up. Do something and return to the center He says we should go to Ted Wheeler's house. I don't hate it He asks where the address is
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And now the ancient argument begins anew. To stay or to go?
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The activist is now saying grafitti does not help black lives. And I think everyone is ready to say something about that until he points out that we should be doing it in the rich neighborhoods, not the community center Scattered applause
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(How in the fuck is it day forty-billion and I still don't know how to spell graffiti)
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A small group of people goes to the back of the justice center. An old man with a bike had attracted negative attention. A protester tells me he said "fuck black lives" to someone. He gets smacked. "Let him leave!" The crowd swarms him as he complains that this is racist
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It's unclear whether the crowd is going to let him leave until a boom sends them running to the front of the JC It's nothing. A fireworkpic.twitter.com/NJI1jfleCG
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Looks like the group is staying but I don't think I'm going to. I'm more rattled and tired from yesterday than I thought, and it seems like it's gonna be a quiet night Solidarity to everyone still out there
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There's also PTSD, and righteous fury
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