Why Organizers Need to STOP Talking/Working with Cops and Start Working Together: A THREAD
Tonight, about a 1,000 people hit the streets of DTLA to protest SCOTUS overturning Roe v Wade, BUT YOU WOULDNT HAVE KNOWN
because they were split into two different groups. (1/4)
Tonight, about a 1,000 people hit the streets of DTLA to protest SCOTUS overturning Roe v Wade, BUT YOU WOULDNT HAVE KNOWN
because they were split into two different groups. (1/4)
I watched both orgs tell LAPD their plans for marching. One group planned on marching from Pershing Square to City Hall. The other group planned on marching from City Hall to Pershing Square. Did the groups tell each other? NO. But they told the cops. (2/4)
So what did the cops do? They made it so that the two groups never joined together… because LAPD doesn’t want a 1,000 people marching together in solidarity. They told both groups which route to take and when. The groups missed each other by minutes. (3/4)
The potential for a massive mobilization was RIGHT THERE, and we couldn’t capture it. Instead of talking to each other, they talked to the cops. And by splintering the groups, you made it easier for the cops to suppress our collective voice. (4/4) #endrant
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