Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

This Nike designer is still telling a story that ends with her not being offered a job Look All I'm saying, and I could be wrong, Is that I don't see what this has to do with police brutality Six figure income struggles are low on my priority list right now

Here at the District Courthouse protesters are chanting "No Justice, No Peace! No Racist Police!" No sign of police yet, btw

The RevComs from Los Angeles are speaking in front of the District Courthouse again. Calling, once more, for revolution. They are talking about how they want a society where women can walk down the street without getting catcalled I'm going to need both thoughts and prayers

Only Bob Avakian can save us guys. He's the only one who can end white supremacy and patriarchy That sure does simplify things, I've gotta say A man retorts that this is no place to center a white man, that we should be concentrating on leaders and thinkers of color. Applause

An activist of color talks about the importance of unity through the RevCom microphone while other activists try to get a Black Lives Matter chant going She says that the Trump Pence regime has to go and this is the first step towards ending police brutality

Meanwhile the moms are chanting for reparations while they stare down the District Courthouse and frankly I don't want to hear a single word against the individual moms out here ever again, God bless them every one

The people have spoken I have failed to find even a single void to flee into, so buckle in for more RevCom hot takes from the District Courthouse (But do let me know if you see any voids around)https://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1289432890246172673?s=19 …

The Justice Center group is now marching past the District Courthouse bound for parts unknown I imagine they intend to sweep the courthouse crowd with them and I gotta tell you it isn't working

Never mind! Looks like they've stopped in front of he District Courthouse. The poll was a waste of time An activist speaks about the prison industrial complex and the modern enslavement of black people

The activist is pointing out the absolute ubiquity of slave labor. How the products we buy are affordable only because of slave labor They talk about the deep corruption of the police force, the complicity of silence. "If you're still willing to keep that job, fuck you!"

"My ancestors begged for mercy and they found none! We have been out here for two months protesting state-sanctioned killings, asking for mercy, and found none! We have to stand up and take it!" The biggest applause of the night

The black activist talks about an incident in 1994: a 14-year old boy executed by electric chair for accused murder of two white girls He confessed He confessed under torture He had an alibi Fuck this system, honestly

Sorry, 1944: I misheard. Blame it on the flash bang

The activist speaks about the origin of the American police as slave patrols. "Now they work for the corporations" They talk about the fundamental threat we pose to their entire operation just by demanding that the police stop brutalizing black bodies I love this person

The activist points out that peaceful protest depends on the target having a conscience I'm gonna repeat that Peaceful Protest Depends On the Target Having a Conscience

Moms chant "I got your back!"

A couple protesters bang on the fence with trash can lids. Gentle, harmless, makes a lot of noise Good way to test the waters

There's a speaker but unfortunately their megaphone isn't very good and my hearing, as established earlier, has not been improved over the last two months The street in front of the District Courthouse remains packed

I've moved closer and can now hear this Black activist talking about how officers have families too, how not all of them are bad Another Black activist with a megaphone pushes back against this. A battle of words. A chant of "black lives matter"

The crowd in Portland is, as always, largely white. There's that familiar freeze as the audience is unsure what to do A chant of Black Lives Matter shifts into a chant of "let her talk" Cameras battle to capture these activists arguing

These battles for the narrative aren't surprising. Black people aren't a monolith. There are a wide variety of opinions. Yet I often see tremendous pressure for a united black voice to speak back to the system It's a horrible bind