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The #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloydProtests #nycprotests #LAProtests #ChicagoProtests #AtlantaRiots #Minneapolisprotests #DCProtests #bostonprotest #DallasProtests need to learn from #HongKongProtests and others that have had to deal with rampant police brutality for years.
For example, in Chile they have used handheld lasers to disorient and neutralize riot police.
In #HongKong they have a bunch of people ready to put out tear gas systematically, and constantly innovate on how to fight back
The uprising you see in Atlanta is also largely economic.
You got middle class, comfortable Black people bragging about "Black Mecca" while other Black people are driving for UBER and working at Peremiter Mall to make ends meet.
#AtlantaProtest #AtlantaRiots
You got middle class, comfortable Black people bragging about "Black Mecca" while other Black people are driving for UBER and working at Peremiter Mall to make ends meet.
#AtlantaProtest #AtlantaRiots
Most people claiming love for Atlanta are transplants. Who love seeing all the Blackness. But never stop to notice that locals are pushed into low wage jobs while "Black excellence" moves into the gentrified areas of the city.
#AtlantaRiots #AtlantaProtest
#AtlantaRiots #AtlantaProtest
I got roots here. And I can't even live in the city limits because the same neighborhoods my grandma, mom, and great aunts lived in are now overrun with middle class Black and white millennials who can afford to buy a house or pay 1600 dollars for a 1 bedroom apartment.
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1/Last night a Police station was taken over by protesters and demolished. The Police had to flee
1/Last night a Police station was taken over by protesters and demolished. The Police had to flee
Se o assassinato de #GeorgeFloyd lembrou o de #EricGarner, a resposta da população lembra a resposta à absolvição dos policiais que espancaram #RodneyKing em 1992, em Los Angeles. Mineápolis em convulsão social #minneapolisriots
Delegacia de polícia em Mineápolis...
