Last night, about 200 people went to the Multnomah County Sherrif's Office to protest Aside from one water bottle and a toy smoke bomb thrown at the cops early in the evening--maybe 10:00--the event was completely peaceful And police ran over protesters with a motorcycle
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The message isn't lost on those experiencing or witnessing the violence It's lost on reporters who have every interest in maintaining the status quo, who literally get to choose what the message is, and CHOOSE to tilt at "white outsiders"https://twitter.com/MacSmiff/status/1312400282408554497?s=19 …
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In reporters' defense, the message about losing the message sells. Readers don't want to think too hard about the brutality that underpins our society. They'd much rather pretend the policing system mostly works despite stacks of bloody evidence to the contrary
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Every day it becomes harder for me to have any empathy at all for the people who, with their silence and their hand-wringing, give permission for these things to happen
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(you can read my live-tweet coverage of this incredibly goddamn mellow event here: https://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1312251389435764737?s=19 …)
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