I join much of the press corps at the opposite side of the park where we discver that there are in fact people blocking the road: the cops They eventually leavepic.twitter.com/8XcAo4FssG
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I think I'll keep the video of my outburst to myself. My hate is getting to be more than I can handle. Four months of this, four months of brutalization and gaslighting and police lies, telling me my eyes didn't see what I saw, four months of nightmares I'm so tired I'm so angry
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Anyway most of the protest has reformed in the 7/11 parking lot. Chants of "Black Lives Matter." Milling, waiting for the inevitable
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Riot vans pull up. Some cops walk halfway down Elmont for some reason, then return to the van. Both vans leave Protesters occupy the street immediately
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Riot vans also return immediately. Another arrest. I think that's OC gas but am not sure Cops form a line in the middle of Lombard street. Someone should really tell them this road is open to vehicular trafficpic.twitter.com/HcsQMuXOaH
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Immediately after the riot vans leave, DJ LRAD reminds us that the roads are open to traffic He's late: the police just stopped blocking the street
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An activist tells people to get in the street "What, did we come here to stand on the sidewalk? They just pushed us through a park for no reason, you think they're gonna leave us alone if we stay on the sidewalk?" It's compelling. Protest moves to the street
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An impromptu rap concert in the middle of the street. Sound on (If you wanna hear the whole thing, livestreams are your best bet: I know @PhrenologyPhun is for sure streaming right now)pic.twitter.com/XdkDWfVIGf
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I'm now hanging out way back in the 7/11 parking lot, since this is where they'll push to when they're ready to fuck us up again
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The music stops and people move to the side of the road Fuck, the cops, I think, then realizw they're moving to let a semi truck through As soon as he's through, the protest moves to the center of the road againpic.twitter.com/qfBDY8RaCf
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