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This is where the pessimist in me comes out.
__________________It really looks like something staged for the photo op. She made her point. But, the good news: She was using her right to protest peacefully, and the police were very cool with her. She was released later that night. |
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That's good news
__________________![]() And even if your assumption is true about it being a photo op, it shows a peaceful side to the protests that sadly gets drowned out by the violence, so I'd be okay with it being staged if it gets that message out there in the process. |
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People were asking about our experiences as POC, so here are mine.
I'm not a black man, but I have been pulled over because of the color of my skin and it was humiliating. I was in West Virginia for a wedding, and driving to Pittsburgh to catch my flight back to LA. The State Trooper who pulled us over, asked why we were there because we obviously weren't locals. He then questioned us as to why there was loose plastic, when I went to show him he became agitated. And yet I still have it better than African Americans in this country. Back in California, my apartment was swatted. This is when someone calls in a fake 911 call. At 1am I was woken up to LAPD banging on my apartment door. I was half asleep when I opened it to find 2 swat officers pointing their assault rifles at me. It was terrifying. They then searched my apartment because they were told there were gunshots fired from my building. To this day, I wonder what would have happened if I weren't a small Latina. |
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The gut-wrenching history of black babies and alligators - The Undefeated
well this was an eye-opening read. |
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And also there no other protestors really near her. Yet there are 2 of these intensely armoured policemen arresting her .
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Was listening to local WNYC AM Radio (public radio) this late morning so local host (not NPR) had on Film Director Stanley Nelson (who was a teen in The 60's) who just recently completed and had shown at ASundance Festival his new film on the Black Panthers, and was also very recently shown on PBS channels. Before the hot button might go off on the mention of TBP.... Mr Nelson was saying he actually did feel some hope particularly seeing many white young people (+ Latinos, Asians) joining many of BLM marches.I'd have to podcast it re catch some more of his coments... I got waylaid by that photo I mentioned. |
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So I don't know if that fits your definition of "staged", but... Social media has been calling it a reminder of Tianiman Sq tank guy. |
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Here is the name and author of the book I started to mention yesterday
on why he thinks the police system here in The USA is broken, and what can be done tinfix it. He was a beat cop in San Diego and later Chief Of Police in Seattle Protect and Serve: How to Fix America's Police. By Norm Stamper I heard him on same radio station / program mentioned earlier Excellent interview. |
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![]() Uh oh driving while POC , out of your locale particularly.... potential for difficulties. ![]() Thank you for telling us your experiences. |
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Although compliance certainly would have helped in a lot of situations...
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