Speaker talking about holding mayor Walsh and police dept accountable for policy including recent anti homeless "operation clean sweep" #OperationCleanSweep #defendbos #mapolipic.twitter.com/yBkzUNLEvI
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BOSTON : about 80 people have gathered on South side of Boston City Hall, called over concerns vs police, judge, mayor re last week's counter demo "back up, back up, we want, freedom, freedom, all these racist ass cops we don't need em need em". Starting in a few minspic.twitter.com/B7tQuhATqW
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Joey from
@Boston_DSA describes getting pepper sprayed by BPD Captain Danilecki, and compiling clips over the last week showing he instigated most of the violence a week agopic.twitter.com/J1GL2wVzAE
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Speaker discussing "fear brought us out in droves" referencing the dozens of people murdered in white supremacist violence even last month in the US. Saying the mayor virtually instituted martial law for what was effectively a Trump parade, "build the wall" floatpic.twitter.com/e6rkDrTeP4
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Speaker references the recent white supremacists chanting a few weeks ago in Copley Plaza (it was an attempt to disrupt a rally against a prison industry conference)
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A high school student describes her friends being searched and boxed into barricades last weekpic.twitter.com/tiqnjy096r
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Medical person describes getting attacked and arrested by BPD, will continue to serve the community and "will see you all at the next one"pic.twitter.com/SEcElUJJ7n
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Police brutality protest underneath brutalist city hall. Speaker is reading a statement from another arrestee who got maced, but was "not afraid" in the moment, "we have solidarity"pic.twitter.com/8ASNHZMhtR
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Speaker Maddy talks about how many communities in Boston face police violence, and how the police kept prodding at the counter demo last weekpic.twitter.com/gHLQQu45Cm
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Speaker talking about how the 27th annual Caribbean community festival got canceled because of "security" concerns. A rally and protest tomorrow is scheduled about thispic.twitter.com/fOuuAlO22y
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"Refuse Fascism" speaker talks about last Thursday protest at Amazon Cambridge Mass office where 12 people were arrested, against providing tech services to ICE (
#NoTechForICE)pic.twitter.com/43zb8mle2A
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Speaker linking BPD to ICE raids and attacks on immigrants, and "the only terrorists we are seeing are Trump supporters inspired by his hate speech" while immigrants get detained and abused in concentration campspic.twitter.com/5cgTdUpxXw
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Demands include, dropping the charges due to making examples of arrestees. Saying anti fascism not a crime. Resignation of Capt Danilecki "one of the top fifty paid employees" in Boston. Criticizing orders at court to stay out of Boston, saying motivated by white nationalismpic.twitter.com/FUsMlwu8iv
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Speaker calls for restoring vote for Massachusetts prisoners. The most recent state to take away right to vote of prisoners in 2000 after people organized behind the walls. New ballot initiative Also new court watch project starting in Essex County courts. Via
@CourtWatchMApic.twitter.com/OsMsygclfL
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Union worker saying an injury to one is an injury to all, just came over from a hotel worker strike held by local 26. Says fascists targeted LGBT people then unions historicallypic.twitter.com/Gc0dZHPl3r
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During the event the crowd grew to around 160 people. After speeches wrapped up dozens headed to support a Local 26 workers strike picket at Battery Wharf Hotel (hotel workers elsewhere in Boston succeeded in obtaining concessions thru a six week strike in late 2018)
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Info on the new Essex County court watch project mentioned today via
@CourtWatchMA which has been closely tracking in particular the treatment of communities of color in Massachusetts courts that don't typically get mainstream media attention or scrutinyhttps://twitter.com/CourtWatchMA/status/1170410716307869696?s=19 …Show this thread
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