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Jun 12, 2022 9 tweets 4 min read
Anti-Ron DeSantis protests organize outside of @ChelseaPiersNYC ahead of the @tikvahfund conference where he will be speaking

Activists chant “boycott Chelsea Piers” Protesters outside Chelsea Piers ahead of Ron DeSantis speaking at the Tikvah fund. At its peak there were at most ~100 people
May 15, 2022 16 tweets 7 min read
On the ground in Bay Ridge Brooklyn for the Palestinian #Nakba74 protest At last years nakba protest in bay ridge an anti Zionist Jewish trans person was assaulted by a man draped in a Palestinian flag after allegedly arguing with a neturei karta member
May 14, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
Covering a pro Ukraine protest in NYC to “Save Azov Stal” and support the controversial Azov Battalion. Many protesters gathered with supportive signs dawning the battalion symbol with includes a wolfsangel, a symbol also used by an SS panzer division One pro Ukraine protester has a

“Azov =/= Nazis, Azov = Patriots”

The protester included the azov battalions logo which uses the infamous wolfsangel

Protesters I spoke to denied any nazi connections to the group
Jul 25, 2021 16 tweets 5 min read
Group of Antifa organized at zuccotti park and started marching through NYC streets for a “far right free nyc”

They’re marching towards a right wing group protesting charges against j6 rioters

Two protesters have antifa flags, another has a “Fuck Justice we want Revenge” banner Antifa marches down nyc streets chanting “fuck proud boys”
Jul 24, 2021 34 tweets 12 min read
Last week community activists “took back” and claimed a vacant retail space that was under construction. Today construction workers tried to “claim the space” and police were called First thing I saw when I pulled up was a police line across from activists securing the door that’s been smashed. I’m unsure how many if anyone is still in the space
Jul 22, 2021 10 tweets 2 min read
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Jul 14, 2021 33 tweets 11 min read
Going to tweet thread my POV of the January 6th riot, many unreleased clips I was too lazy to upload in the past, and some interviews I had with rioters on the Capitols steps

I pulled up once people already breached most of the Capitol area, here’s the first thing I saw Here’s another shot of the large crowd outside the Capitol. Mostly peaceful trump supporters with American flags just hanging around Capitol grounds, although some already breached the Capitol building at this point
May 11, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
According to one protester, a passer by made really hateful comments towards free Palestine protesters which allegedly lead to one throwing a chair at this man as he was mobbed by others. He was eventually lead into a store by an officer after being chased Screenshot from the video
Apr 21, 2021 7 tweets 2 min read
“Defund, Disarm, Abolish NYPD” protestors make their way through Brooklyn chanting Black Lives Matter NYPD trails behind protestors making their way though Brooklyn streets
Apr 20, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
Protesters organize outside the French consulate in NYC to demand justice for Sarah Halimi, a victim of an anti semitic murder in France who’s perpetrator cannot be tried because he was psychotic from cannabis at the time according to French high courts Speakers so far, @HikindDov and mayoral candidate @CurtisSliwa
Mar 9, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
The @aclu has these hall monitors attend protests and photograph and identify reporters to each other and protesters these "protest monitors" and others, like "legal observers" are supposed to be neutral observers on paper but in practice just harass press they don't like and work to assist protesters when they can
Sep 7, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
Large group of Black Lives Matter protesters begin marching through Rochester streets

“Get your foot off our neck and gimme some respect” chants Rochester Black Lives Matter protesters prepping their makeshift shield formations for their anticipated conflict with the police
Sep 4, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement protesters geared up in Black Bloc take over NYC Streets carrying a “Death to America” and “Free All Prisoners” banners

Chants of “every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground” Got accosted and chased by a few black bloc’d protesters, they only tried to kick punch and shove me when I turn my back
Jan 31, 2020 20 tweets 13 min read
#J31 #FTP3 starts out in grand central with a protester being arrested after many crowded the hallway A small group of protesters are beginning to form inside grand central. One sign says “fuck the police”

#FTP3 #j31
Jan 21, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
The largely anti gun media warned about white supremacists & violence at the Virginia Gun Rally in Richmond. I ask attendee's what they think of the medias coverage.

Man with "We Will Not Comply" sign says the media was using a straw man to ban guns from the rally

THREAD This guns rights activist with a Gadsden flag says that the media is seeking to control the narrative and that they want to make money

"you don't make money by showing peaceful protests"
Nov 2, 2019 10 tweets 3 min read
People protest NYPD policing the MTA by mass hopping the turnstiles More protesters hopping the turnstile