Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

Mostly I think the fire is a hit cuz it's weirdly cold out here

Someone burns a flag against the fence An activist accuses protesters of trying to burn the building down, says it isn't about black lives matter, and tells the protesters to grow up

Can we talk about this narrative where people think protesters are trying to destroy the courthouse? The District Courthouse is a brutalist monstrosity made entirely of concrete We'd need to go full Fight Club to even touch this I promise you, the building is fine

An activist is angry about the flag burning. "What the fuck does that have to do with Black Lives Matter?! Nothing! Stop burning shit!!"

The situation is, I think, that people are terrified of escalation. Of Trump following through on that National Guard shit It's a rational fear Its important, though, not to allow fear of violence to quell a movement

The protest is thinning out and getting more raucus. More small fires. I hear a firework. Banging The moms have left