i feel like it would be a waste of bandwidth to write another lengthy post about this, but last night's clash between protestors and police was possibly even worse than thursday's. over 100 people were arrested, many of whom were just there to see what was going on. police outnumbered the peacefully gathered people they decided were in a public park unlawfully. university dormitories were tear gassed, and the intentionality of that doesn't matter. students were told to "go home," but then the entrances to dorms were blocked. riot police chased students into the lobbies of their dorms, accusing them of not dispersing when the ones in the lobbies were (i think obviously) trying to do just that.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA. the mainstream media is nowhere: any reports that mention it are brief and incomplete (c.f. the New York Times). even local pittsburgh media were not at the scene. police are endangering, not protecting, American citizens, and American citizens don't get to hear about it.
you should all read what my friend Alex wrote about this. he's more articulate than i am when he's pissed off. (also, it's his birthday today!)
EDIT: immediately after i posted this, commentary from the ACLU was brought to my attention.
1 comment:
dang.
no one has breathed a word here in radford.
thank you for the links!
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