Why don't the police clear the mall? They kind of can't. The mall is private property and there is no way the owners will let the cops enter. They could force their way in, but that would be a huge escalation and likely illegal (help me out on this point!)
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I wrote somewhere that protesters tend to describe what they are doing in the language of care. Frontliners say they are protecting everyone else by interposing themselves between the bulk of protesters and the police. supply people in back express concern for frontliners
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This language of care has something to do with civic culture here that I don't understand. It's part of the glue that keeps the very disparate factions of this movement united. The first aiders fit right into this schema!
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(outback steakhouse booth has been breached! Population pressure got too high!)pic.twitter.com/3xtKWSXJkH
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So if you've attended or watched video from a protest, you've seen that there are more first aiders than anyone could possibly need.pic.twitter.com/kuV4oAsRbu
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Sorry, got overtaken by events. Will finish this deep thread over a beer
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