As we ran through residential streets to get here, someone yelled from inside their house: "Hey PPB! Last time I checked, this was a democracy!!" " No it isn't!" a protester yells back. "Not to them! Not anymore."
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The police push no one down a residential road without sidewalks and demand protesters get on the sidewalk. They push to a gravel dead end A moment of confusion and a hasty police retreatpic.twitter.com/Vw81jeYiiQ
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I'm hearing that a group got hit really hard. It's unclear if anyone got footage, since they were making reporters run through lawns and between parked cars I'm with a group of maybe 20 protesters. We got scattered pretty good
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If protesters come back here they'll need to develop some tactics to deal with these neighborhoods Press will also have to develop some tactics if we want to hold our boys in blue accountable. They essentially made it impossible for us to work tonight
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Tiny groups gather on friendly lawns. Starting to move. Trying to find other groups. Drops of water trying to becoming a river again
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Protesters convening in the park. Small groups keep trickling in "Identify yourselves! Who did you vote for?!" "I don't vote!!" Cheers
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The crowd is on the move Whole we go I need to tell you that while I was moving down Washington and filming the police line someone offered me a drink from an open vodka bottle, and then "some rocks" I politely declined
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We were met by a riot van about a block from the precinct building. They formed into a line and rushed. One person arrested that I could see Currently facing off the linepic.twitter.com/yIRslt3sWD
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A protester offers to pay for groceries for three weeks for any cop who quits their job "We all have college educations," a cop yells back. "That's not good enough! " They've been very vocal this evening
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A cop tells us we're all under arrest Then the line loads up on their riot van and leaves I live in a Tom and Jerry cartoon
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The night is done. But the only way back to my car is past the precinct Two cops ask us where we're going. I tell them. They let us through "Have a nice night!" One of them yells "See you tomorrow?" Another asks I decline to answer
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Enlisted men always have some level of camaraderie with each other I suppose. And that's what we are. Two armies warring every night. Bizarre rules of engagement Shit's weird
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All right, in my car and heading out Solidarity to everyone still out there
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Epilogue: absolutely no pressure but if you found this helpful and felt like buying me a beer, I would never say no! Venmo, Cashapp: misanthrophile Paypal: askmisanthrophile@gmail.com You literally don't have to though
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