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Ford Fischer

3 Apr, 9 tweets, 5 min read

THREAD: I am in Lansing, Michigan, where I'll be covering "Occupy for Anthony" all day.

Black Lives Matter, antifascist, and other activists will be protesting for Anthony Hulon, a white man killed in LPD custody a year ago.

I will be posting in this thread.

#AnthonyHulon

Hulon died April 11, 2020 in Lansing jail after four officers pinned him down despite him saying "I can't breathe."

He had been arrested 12 hours earlier on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge.

Officers involved have been sued, but do not face criminal charges.

I'll be posting updates in this thread + livestreaming + photo/video.

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Activists are gathering right now at a park nearby the Michigan State Capitol. Only a few are carrying firearms; musical instruments are the more popular accessory out here.

I’ll be livestreaming shortly. They’ll be marching in next ten minutes or so.

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1378402933440606211

Activists marched for about the last hour peacefully to Lansing Police Department. Full livestream here:

https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1378402933440606211

The group is now setting up a rally including speakers. Anthony Hulon’s mother can be seen here between banners reading “Justice for Anthony Hulon .”

https://twitter.com/fordfischer/status/1378417518163808257

Several speakers including the sister of #AnthonyHulon spoke outside the Lansing PD / jail building.

About 20 armed boogaloo activists showed up to support the event, but stayed across the street from the rally.

Apparently this BLM group basically doesn’t want their support.

https://twitter.com/fordfischer/status/1378417518163808257

This is the current view. In order as I pan you’ll see:

1) Boogaloos on one side of street

2) Local Republican activists at an unrelated anti-Asian-discrimination rally at the state Capitol

3) BLM coalition on sidewalk near Lansing PD HQ.

On BLM side, community basically just hanging out. A handful of them are holding a makeshift martial arts class.

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VIDEO THREAD: This afternoon, armed "Boogaloos" protested outside the city hall in Ann Arbor, Michigan to protest police militarization and the recent arrest of Omar Shafie, a man arrested after a more than day-long standoff with the police following a domestic dispute.

“Get your fucking guns out of here, man!"

One Ann Arbor resident confronted the group about carrying firearms.

“You are not the police,” he shouted. “They are in charge, not you. Get the fuck out of our town!”

“Take your steroid-shrunken nuts out of Ann Arbor. Fuck off!”

The police observed the rally from a distance, but did not intervene or speak to attendees. At one point a police car sped right by them without stopping.

The boogaloos joked that the cop was probably responding to a minor drug or public consumption of alcohol infraction.

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4 Apr

VIDEO THREAD: A coalition of activists led by Black Lives Matter organizers protested this afternoon in Lansing, MI for Anthony Hulon, a white man killed nearly a year ago in Lansing Jail.

"What's his name? Anthony Hulon!"

"No justice, no peace! Fuck 12! Murdering ass bitches!"

Lansing resident James Henson - who is forming a Black Panther Party chapter - spoke in front of the LPD HQ.

"This has been going on for so long... it been going on nonstop," he said.

"We need to do things that other people are afraid to do if we want to actually be free."

It was anticipated that "Boogaloos" would participate, but apparently "political" issues came between the two groups.

A couple dozen boogaloos came with rifles and stayed across the street from the rally.

They declined to comment much on the schism.

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14 Mar

VIDEO THREAD: Last night, riot police confronted about 50 protesters who continued marching for #BreonnaTaylor into the evening.

A Lieutenant told an activist the response was provoked by two rifle-wielding participants who told a car to turn around. I did not see that incident.

"Under Kentucky state law, this is an unlawful assembly, and we command all persons so assembled here to immediately and peacefully disperse. If you do not do so, we may dispense chemical agents, and you will be arrested," LMPD repeated as riot cops pushed the crowd back.

Most of the crowd put considerable distance between them and the officers.

Media and a handful of local UPG militia members like the one in this shot stayed on the frontline and mocked officers for the use of strobe lights etc.

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14 Mar

VIDEO THREAD: Hundreds of activists marched Saturday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky to renew their demand for police reform and that the officers involved in the killing of #BreonnaTaylor one year ago be charged with murder.

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Armed security was provided by the local "United Pharaoh's Guard" (UPG) militia who had also invited boogaloo boys to join.

The only strife I saw was toward the beginning of the march when one organizer told boogaloo @CabooseGa to move aside: "No disrespect, but y'all white!"

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13 Mar

I’m here in Louisville, Kentucky where activists are gathering to commemorate the life of Breonna Taylor, exactly one year after her death at the hands of police.

I’ll be covering the activism and vigils taking place throughout the day.

Armed activists including Boogaloo Boys and the local United Pharaoh’s Guard (UPG) militia are standing at the corners of what is called “Injustice Park” by local activists as security.

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Boogaloo boy @MagnusPanvidya from Michigan explains to media the presence of armed “Boogaloos” at the Breonna Taylor vigil today.

They support the events, and don’t anticipate any specific threats or adversaries.

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@MaranieRae

Last night, antifa activists in Portland, Oregon set fires and drew graffiti outside outside the Federal Courthouse.

Video in thread by @MaranieRae for @N2Sreports. As always, all footage available to license.

Police and federal agents intervened, firing sting balls and tear gas against the protesters in Portland, Oregon.

Activists dressed in black bloc used umbrellas to defend against riot munitions throughout the night.

Pictured toward the end of this video, they also used a couple of laser pointers.