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BREAKING: “they [CHAZ border guards] both pulled out guns & put them to my f*cking head”

Says an @Uber driver in Seattle waiting for a pickup outside the Autonomous Zone

Guards: “just get the f*ck out of here”

Care to comment @MayorJenny, @GovInslee, @realDonaldTrump & @Uber?
Dear @Uber don’t you care about the safety of your drivers?

This cannot be tolerated
Another angle of the story posted by a fellow reporter I work with

This is a hate crime as well since they mocked his skin color while committing it

Racism is a two way street
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ELIJAH SCHAFFER
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NSFW: a streaker runs through #CHAZ

I asked him why he was doing this?

His response: “because I can”

There are tons of children here too

No American laws. No clothes.

This is the Autonomous Zone
Checkout @FromKalen who got the closeup angle and asked him more questions
Smart move. Cross the borders naked so you have an excuse why you don’t have an ID when they ask you at the checkpoint
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I’m not holding back anymore, we are in a civil war

Violence will increase over time
It started out as merely cultural

But the divide is so strong that what you’re seeing is a battle

The first of many of the next years/decades

You can play it down by not calling it a war

But the other side clearly sees it that way

Why don’t we accept it?
Absolutely condemn violence

But it’s increasingly looking like the people on the streets don’t agree with me
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My heart goes out to the black communities of America

I understand the frustration

If people with your skin color were property once

It’s fair to be afraid many still you see that way

Even if it’s illegal, there is still a general fear many don’t see them as equals
I know crime stats don’t support the notion that police brutality unfairly targets black people

I’m aware that most of the sentiments regarding this issue aren’t truly supported by long term studies and general proveable patterns

But this is a cultural grievance
Whether it’s “True on paper”

It “feels” very real within the communities themselves

So it’s important to be empathetic and approach this complicated issue of race relations in a way that acknowledges the facts sure

But doesn’t ignore the sentiments of the community itself
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