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@dsa_lsc, & @DSA_Enviro member, former @ProvDSA co-chair. Rhode Island College history student, irl awkward weirdo, he/him.

Providence, RI
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    Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

    I wanted to collect as much of the bullshit that the Boston Police Department and their friends from around the area pulled during yesterday's Straight Pride Parade counter demonstration. 1/28

    4:01 PM - 1 Sep 2019
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      2. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        The cops spent the day enacting a program of violence and intimidation on us, with no provocation whatsoever. This came in three stages: pre-parade, once we arrived at City Hall Plaza, and after the conclusion of the Straight Pride rally. 2/28

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      3. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted molly conger

        I want to collect some videos to give people a fuller understanding of how things played out yesterday. As many have said, the thread by @socialistdogmom gives a really fantastic and frightening look at what happened: https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom/status/1167814316432744448 … 3/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        molly conger @socialistdogmom
        good morning from boston. chants of “we’re here, we’re queer, we’re socialists don’t fuck with us,” dissolve into cheers as a brass band arrives at the corner of the park. 🏳️‍🌈
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        1 reply 50 retweets 315 likes
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      4. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        When protesters arrived at their staging area at the Boston Public Garden, the police had already set up an extensive line of barricades setting a channel through Boylston Street. Protesters took up position behind these barricades. 4/28

        2 replies 15 retweets 237 likes
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      5. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted Steve Ahlquist

        But for some reason, this wasn’t good enough for the cops, and they started harassing protesters almost immediately, making arrests for no discernible reason: https://twitter.com/steveahlquist/status/1167859790392856576 … 5/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:53
        Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist
        Video of the first arrest I saw. Police officer has his knee and body weight on counter protester’s head. ⁦@UpriseRI⁩ pic.twitter.com/bgHWe4X4L0
        3 replies 40 retweets 284 likes
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      6. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted Steve Ahlquist

        In his article, @steveahlquist notes that a protester was detained because the cops claimed they needed a permit for their bullhorn, which the cops promptly stole from them: https://twitter.com/steveahlquist/status/1167813078345486336 … 6/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist
        A counterproter attacked by the police, his bullhorn confiscated. @UpriseRI
        2 replies 32 retweets 254 likes
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      7. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted !nancie!

        Cops claimed a protester had a weapon and took him down (he was carrying a water bottle): https://twitter.com/sailbotes/status/1167875981056462849 … 7/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:31
        !nancie! @sailbotes
        this man was holding a WATER BOTTLE and they said he had weapons and swarmed him pic.twitter.com/yCoSSjUscK
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        2 replies 56 retweets 283 likes
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      8. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted  🌧️ mike  🏴 🌹☭

        Another one of these arrests: https://twitter.com/pixelsand8/status/1167877747915415561 … 8/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:44
         🌧️ mike  🏴 🌹☭ @pixelsand8
        So here is the vid of the fuckwad cop assualting me pic.twitter.com/vRGLsKqom7
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        3 replies 35 retweets 253 likes
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      9. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted biden harassment coordinator

        Even though the cops had set up their barricade in the street, they decided that the street needed to be cleared and protesters needed to move onto the sidewalk. This would lead to even more escalation and arrests: https://twitter.com/two_knocks/status/1167873432756731905 … 9/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        2:19
        biden harassment coordinator @two_knocks
        first cop escalation and arrests pic.twitter.com/O2dxmHSOS9
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        1 reply 27 retweets 217 likes
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      10. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted biden harassment coordinator

        Why did the cops decide that the barricade that they had set up was not acceptable, and that it was appropriate to violently move the crowd out of the street? Things got pretty rough: https://twitter.com/two_knocks/status/1167874044500135940 … 10/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        1:13
        biden harassment coordinator @two_knocks
        arrests continued pic.twitter.com/Cdwc7u4ebj
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        1 reply 30 retweets 238 likes
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      11. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted ''ian''

        But that wasn’t enough, because a few minutes later the cops went through the newly moved barricades to arrest more protesters, again for no discernible reason: https://twitter.com/deluxian54/status/1167855283252674560 … 11/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:44
        ''ian'' @deluxian54
        Shameful Display by the @bostonpolice at #StraightPride Charging into protestors who were protesting peacefully on the sidewalk, beating, arresting, and pepper spraying. Make no mistake straight pride is hate pride and cops are here to protect and uphold white supremacy. pic.twitter.com/ey2Rc4uneA
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        5 replies 44 retweets 256 likes
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      12. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted Sean Allen Fisher

        During this charge, the cops pepper sprayed people (unfortunately, not for the last time that day) in an uncontrolled manner: https://twitter.com/SeanAllenFisher/status/1167995119989121024 … 12/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:45
        Sean Allen Fisher @SeanAllenFisher
        Replying to @SeanAllenFisher @deluxian54
        Here is a view from behind me after the pic was taken when he sprayed the crowd. pic.twitter.com/AoQCuCSpBI
        2 replies 31 retweets 200 likes
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      13. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted mork

        Shortly after the cops withdrew, they moved through the barricades again, rushing for the back wall where medics were treating people who had been sprayed and making even more arrests: https://twitter.com/MORK_MORK_/status/1167859653016817666 … 13/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:14
        mork @karlmorx
        here's a short clip of some of the local cops aggressively pushing into part of the crowd while we were still on the common for... i don't know what reason? and this wasn't even close to their peak aggression while we were there (e.g. pepper spray) pic.twitter.com/cE2sRhzMVf
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        2 replies 30 retweets 185 likes
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      14. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted biden harassment coordinator

        Another video of this attack: https://twitter.com/two_knocks/status/1167883454148567040 … 14/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:36
        biden harassment coordinator @two_knocks
        cop escalation 3 pic.twitter.com/eT9FTcVd2y
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        1 reply 22 retweets 170 likes
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      15. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted annie  ✨

        This was as the parade was passing by us. After they passed by, we trailed them on their path towards City Hall Plaza. When we arrived there, this was the sight we were greeted by: https://twitter.com/feralgrass/status/1167851525923885058 … 15/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        annie  ✨ @feralgrass
        Looks who’s protecting the fash pic.twitter.com/VRVAn86aW8
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        4 replies 37 retweets 237 likes
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      16. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted

        We took up a position on Congress Street, which was already closed, across from where the Straight Pride rally was happening. About 10 minutes after we arrived, cops decided to have a motorcycle parade through us: https://twitter.com/talkwordy/status/1167846867650207745 … 16/28

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        2 replies 26 retweets 183 likes
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      17. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted Ryan Broderick

        I want to highlight how loud those motorcycles were, it was seriously painful to be that close for an extended period of time. As you can expect, some people did not take too kindly to this police parade, and police decided to get violent yet again:https://twitter.com/broderick/status/1167848969516589057 …

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:27
        Ryan BroderickVerified account @broderick
        Boston PD tried to clear the crowd with motorcycles. pic.twitter.com/XyGWXS21jf
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        2 replies 27 retweets 183 likes
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      18. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Things remained relatively calm throughout the rest of the Straight Pride rally, besides chasing random right wingers out of our space. 18/28

        1 reply 12 retweets 160 likes
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      19. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        After the fash had left the plaza, we were just milling around, there was no real appetite or direction to go after them. People were hot and tired, and the crowd had already thinned a bit. If the cops had given us another half hour, we would have dispersed on our own.19/28

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      20. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted Lizzie Heintz

        But no, they apparently had to open the street right away, the street that was closed all day and never should have been closed in the first place. So out came the motorcycles again, and this time a lot of people didn’t move for them: https://twitter.com/lizzieheintz/status/1167923401681334272 … 20/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:45
        Lizzie Heintz @lizzieheintz
        Protestors standing in front of police lines outside of the #straightpride rally at #boston City Hall #police #protest #straightprideparade pic.twitter.com/BGCzKWpLcC
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        2 replies 19 retweets 187 likes
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      21. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted Lizzie Heintz

        Bike cops made their way to the front and started making arrests. But they quickly realized that wasn’t going to disperse the crowd, so rather than back down they chose to escalate. That’s when the pepper spray came out: https://twitter.com/lizzieheintz/status/1167918463995633664 … 21/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        1:04
        Lizzie Heintz @lizzieheintz
        Boston Police Department spraying pepper spray into the crowd of protestors of the Straight Pride Parade #boston #straightpride #cityhall #pepperspray #protests #policebrutality pic.twitter.com/TLTIbdcu2A
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        1 reply 39 retweets 184 likes
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      22. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted JJ Murphy

        Here you can see some of the earlier arrests, and cops assaulting people including @socialistdogmom : https://twitter.com/JJMurphyBOS25/status/1167963069487599616 … 22/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        1:28
        JJ Murphy @JJMurphyBOS25
        A few of the arrests from the aftermath of the #Boston #StraighPrideParade parade. This began when protestors sat in from of @bostonpolice motorcyles as they tried to open Congress st pic.twitter.com/oLLu0BUfvu
        1 reply 27 retweets 169 likes
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      23. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted Ryan Broderick

        Here’s another video of the pepper spray, and a cop throwing a sucker punch: https://twitter.com/broderick/status/1167848969516589057 … 23/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:27
        Ryan BroderickVerified account @broderick
        Boston PD tried to clear the crowd with motorcycles. pic.twitter.com/XyGWXS21jf
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        2 replies 25 retweets 159 likes
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      24. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted mork

        More: https://twitter.com/MORK_MORK_/status/1167897168092397568 … 24/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:17
        mork @karlmorx
        dozens of boston bike cops were just trying to clear the street by city hall plaza of straight pride counterprotestors — clips obv chaotic but here you can see them resorting to shoving, dragging and pepper spraying. several were arrested pic.twitter.com/9EoAcw5H0L
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        1 reply 14 retweets 142 likes
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      25. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted  🌧️ mike  🏴 🌹☭

        Cops went hog wild: https://twitter.com/pixelsand8/status/1167898655187038209 … 25/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:23
         🌧️ mike  🏴 🌹☭ @pixelsand8
        More unprovoked cop violence. Very cool! pic.twitter.com/JJ9UD5ytl1
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        3 replies 28 retweets 175 likes
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      26. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted AntiFash Gordon

        There’s no other way to describe what happened except for a police riot, which went on all day in various forms. We know why they did this, we know what they think of us: https://twitter.com/AntiFashGordon/status/1168190345936551938 … 26/28

        Long Johns Brown added,

        AntiFash Gordon @AntiFashGordon
        1/ Why did the police riot and attack unmasked protesters and medics at the Straight Pride Parade? Pax Centurion, the magazine of the Boston Police Patrolman's Association, tells them that the only way to deal with protesters is "the surety of violence meeting violence." https://twitter.com/onekade/status/970730557637197825 …
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      27. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        We need to demand consequences and serious changes. There was no reason things had to happen the way they did. There was no need to issue a permit, no need to call in this many cops, no need to allow them to do what they did. 27/28

        2 replies 45 retweets 323 likes
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      28. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 1 Sep 2019

        Things need to change. We cannot let officials, especially Mayor Walsh, off the hook. We cannot allow cops to continue to terrorize and victimize us and the communities we stand in solidarity with. 28/28

        2 replies 59 retweets 378 likes
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      29. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 2 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted Janky Tego Tego

        So it seems like cops started shit even earlier, harassing and attacking people in bloc and trying to de-mask people:https://twitter.com/JankyTT/status/1167950571011108864 …

        Long Johns Brown added,

        Janky Tego Tego @JankyTT
        Replying to @killjoy27 @Bos_Solidarity
        A bpd sergeant walked up to the bloc, turned back to the line of cops, and ordered them to perform an "H.I.D.". "All of them covering their faces, get those masks off". One cop walked straight into the bloc and snatched at his face "hey buddy let me get a look at your face"
        3 replies 26 retweets 120 likes
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      30. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 2 Sep 2019

        Long Johns Brown Retweeted A. Sparrow 🌹 🦟

        A closer video of the bullshit happening in my 11/28 tweet:https://twitter.com/AESparrow/status/1168539858085842950 …

        Long Johns Brown added,

        0:45
        A. Sparrow 🌹 🦟 @AESparrow
        Replying to @hoping_raging
        Yeah I saw this one pic.twitter.com/6G2gFnxWPI
        1 reply 10 retweets 69 likes
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      31. Long Johns Brown‏ @hoping_raging 2 Sep 2019

        Here is video of @Cosmosgamer2 getting grabbed by the cops because they say she "needs a permit" for her bullhorn. They then stole her bullhorn, searched her bag without her consent, and photographed her. This is nothing but harassment meant to intimidate and provoke.pic.twitter.com/Lc7OIacQWr

        8 replies 54 retweets 153 likes
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