Hey! More about the fm protests. So, how the local news is characterizing the situation is a little fucking disgusting, to put it very charitably. First of all, they keep emphasizing that the police gave two orders to disperse, and acting like that vindicated any of their actions but like???? What is a protest about police brutality if you just go home when they tell you to? And then they were talking about how all the meaning behind the protests were lost when they became violent (read, a few water bottles got thrown, and some people stood in front of cars. Maybe a broken window or something too, they weren't clear) but like, peaceful protests work because they imply the threat of violence, or because they force more people to recognize the issue? And this shit has been protested against for some time and shit hasn't changed so like- what are we supposed to do? And they actively deny that tear gas, and those pepper plastic bullet guns have been used, so like. Thought I'd let yall know.
