#2020 protests

Its a nonprofit that is mapping police violence

Ok, y'all. I've seen the shit commentary, I've seen the "lolololol wtf is this why wouldn't you show your face at protests, don't you want to put your face out there?"

And THIS IS WHY. Cops are ABSOLUTELY retaliating against protesters for the act of participating in protests. They ARE looking at your social media and using it to trump up charges. They've been doing this for... ever.

If you don't care for yourself, fine. Take that risk yourself. But you don't get to make that decision for other people. Don't upload identifiable information about other protesters. This isn't about "Main Character Syndrome" or whatever ridiculous shit you've convinced yourself of, this is happening.

And if someone is actively telling you to put your face out there on the internet and the face of others being at protests, either they're SUPER naive about the potential consequences of doing so, or they're not actually on your side. 🤷‍♂️

Personally, I'm leaning toward "there are a lot of uniformed and naive people out there," because I don't think cops are out there acting like jackasses on Tumblr. But like.

Don't be one of those people. Don't encourage people to upload images of the faces of protesters or shame people for not wanting images of themselves uploaded.

[screenshot of twitter posts:

• Folks are REALLY invested in the idea that u can fight for justice without upsetting anyone and it just doesn't work that way at all. @Kaimandante

• Cops are straight up like, we'll fucking kill you if you keep saying that we kill people @thisdiegolopez

• "Blue" lives do not exist. Black lives do. Being a police officer is an occupation, a choice. Blackness is non-neogotiable. #BlackLivesMatter @Delo_Taylor

• Beware of those who criticize the looters harder than the police officers who committed murder. They telling on themselves. @The_Barftender

• conservatives a month ago: "why should we listen to the government and stay home? you are all sheep, this is a free country!"

There have been 432 indigenous deaths in custody in australia since 1991. That's between 14 and 15 deaths per year.

One man was sedated because he kept eating his packet of biscuits when they told him to stop.

He told them twelve times that he couldn't breathe before he lost consciousness and died.