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very good to hear this chant let loose in the wild https://twitter.com/thebigdumbidiot/status/1167066475456188416?s=21 …
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straight pride parade: “the straight pride parade is not a homophobic event!” also the straight pride parade: “I AM ANTI-GAY!” and screaming F*GGOT at queer people while wearing a “socialism is for f*gs” shirtpic.twitter.com/peevwJlabw
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one of the organizers for the straight pride parade just tried to start a U-S-A, U-S-A chant but no one in the crowd picked it up
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just a reminder if you choose to talk to press at a demo: a lot of fash livestreamers have “press credentials.” a lot of fash adjacent outlets have legitimate sounding names. when in doubt, no comment.
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pretty sure enrique tarrio backed out of today’s event. i guess he’s more comfortable threatening antifascists from the comfort of his home.pic.twitter.com/XjK6wSuXlg
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some fash livestreamer got surrounded and is crying to the cops about it. the woman whose face he got in, setting this all off, is yelling “nobody violated your civil rights, you’re just a corny ass bitch who won’t leave where he’s not wanted!”
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the whole crowd is now chanting “your livestream sucks” over his protestations about his free speech
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one of the libertarians with adam kokesh claims he was kicked out of the straight pride event for his rainbow shirt.
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not sure why the cops are driving their motorcycles at us again
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threatening to run over peaceful demonstrators on a closed street. very good look.pic.twitter.com/WVufOeGjMP
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they just started beating us with bicycles. there’s nowhere to move because the crowd is too dense. the cop stopped hitting me long enough to tackle the medic standing next to me.
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the cop was literally yelling at me to move while standing on my foot and hitting me.
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cop just beat me with a bike while i was standing on a sidewalk pinned between a barricade and a cement planter. he hit me until i fell down and then screamed at me to move while making it physically impossible for me to move.
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the big EMS vehicle that has been parked on this corner just pulled away, right as a bunch of people who need medical attention were forced here by the police line. street medics are washing eyes and checking minor injuries.
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i have no idea what set them off. it didn’t seem like anything changed in the crowd before the cops lost their fucking minds.
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they didn’t even clear the entire counterprotest. there is still a small number if people outside the city hall plaza outside the fash rally. i don’t know why they did this or what the fuck their plan is aside from hurting us.
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this portion of the road is still closed. if they force us back past the next intersection, the road is open to traffic.
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switching to bandana number 3. that’s two now that have gotten too spicy. (always bring spares - i seal a full change of clothes + spare bandanas in plastic in my bag!)
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i guess they gave us ten minutes to tend to our wounded. the police line is advancing on us again.
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vermin supreme scolding the cops for indiscriminate use of chemical weapons and sucker punching civilianspic.twitter.com/U3Lzc3GSmR
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visiting boston’s historic freedom trail, my face burning from police issue chemical weaponspic.twitter.com/2Ty7SjzPkL
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cops just broke their line and sprinted at someone, tackling them. no idea why. they’re yelling at everyone to leave or they’ll mace us all (again)
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they’re aggressively clearing the area, probably so no one can see that at least one of the two people they tackled appears to be injured.
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if they’d just left us the fuck alone in the place we’d been standing peacefully for hours, everyone would be fine. now they’re just shoving us from place to place and no one knows why or where the fuck we’re supposed to be.
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to my knowledge, no unlawful assembly has been announced. the cops are just attacking us.
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hey, thank you to the masked stranger who helped me up when a cop was hitting me while i was pepper sprayed and lying on the ground earlier. antifascists are heroes & we keep us safe
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i’m tired and hungry and sunburnt and covered in pepper spray. cops are still everywhere but most of the crowd has dispersed. i’m outta here.
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