David K2FI @filkerdave@octodon.social

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just watched a video of a clearly marked journalist getting shot with rubber bullets. the cop took intentional aim with no verbal warning at her and the camera man while they were live and rolling

this man looked directly into a camera, aimed his rifle and shot, while knowing he was being filmed, because he knows he can do that

cops have no conscience

Stop salivating over burning capital. Stop salivating over other cities "rising up" because all y'all can do with it is get exciting about what benefits YOU get from it and conveniently misremember the many many many many many many black folks who had to suffer and die to get this far.

We aren't a thought experiment. We aren't your laborers. We been dying since they brought us over on these ships, it's BEEN like this.

Show some damn respect.

remember that for every community affected by these protests, there are black people who have been living under the effects of racist policing for longer than you probably have even lived on this Earth

I'd just like to say, please CW stuff, *especially* important stuff.
Especially now.
Be kind and mindful of one another in those hard times.
And for those that do CW, thank you, thank you very much for helping people stay sane.

And if you see something that doesn't have a CW when it should, on your instance, report it, your admins can let their users know to CW stuff.

I don't know what to say in the face of this. I never know what to say.

But I support the protestors. I support black people and POC. I will never not loudly and angrily shut down racism when I encounter it.

And it's so clear that the current system is killing people in so many ways. It is a racist, evil system here in the UK as much as elsewhere, and it needs to be dismantled.

So I don't know how well I said any of that but yeah.

Also, fuck cops.

Make no mistake: Donald Trump is a coward and a sadist who would like nothing more than to sit in a fortress and watch the people of this country get slaughtered for his entertainment.

He and his cronies will absolutely use this time to recruit every violent racist they can reach.

Watch out for each other. Protect those you can.

I know that I'm not a perfect person and that my privilege affects how I see and interact with things, but I would like to think I am at least good at calling out bullshit when I see it.

white people: you don't GET to tell POC they need to CW or tag their discussion of ongoing issues and protests

that really is not how that works

Portland peoples.

NAACP organized rally against police brutality starting at 11:30 a.m. at Schrunk Plaza.

if anyone wants to stand around at a sensible distance and get some fresh airs in about half-an-hour.

yes i do believe in peaceful protests. like when haiti peacefully protested france and earned their freedom. or when the united states peacefully protested england and earned their freedom. or when the mexicans peacefully protested spain and earned their freedom. or whe