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vijay iyer @vijayiyer.bsky.social · 11h

In case you’re hearing about the “protest that turned violent” in Boston last week, here’s the “violence” in question, per the police report

Following the protest, four officers were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries. One officer had a broken nose and had his glasses broken, another was treated for pepper spray exposure, one sustained a finger injury while handcuffing and another sustained a lower back injury attempting to make an arrest.

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bulldog gravy @bulldoggravy.bsky.social · 19h

"To this end its social services weren’t offered out of a genuine effort to help those in need, but as a tool of control."

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Psionic Alienation @ushdubsar.bsky.social · 19h

The amount finally came through that had things uncertain (exact value was unknown) and it turns out to be that I only have 900, not 1050. And less time than ever. Help

Psionic Alienation @ushdubsar.bsky.social · 7d

I suspect I am not long for this platform since the platform is bleeding out so if theres a place people are going lmk.

Anyway I am at 660/2200 now. Deadline of Oct 15th to not be homeless, and bc of the everything if people could share in other circles thatd be cool.

Paypal is [email protected]

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 2d

Ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social is SO CLOSE to her goal, less than 350 dollars left, could you please help? Im passing forward $20 that I got from yall for mutual aid, can you match me?

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa from gaza, raise funds to help her family survive.

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Jess 🏳️‍⚧️ @jess-does-lyfe.bsky.social · 19h

From what I learned (also from private school) - the flip side of this is also meaningful.

The presumption of guilt and punishment enacted by the powerful does not mean one is guilty.

It means simply that one has been deemed an outsider.

And outsiders lose.

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 21h

Sorry went to private school and seeing too much of this

The presumption of innocence and grace granted by enablers isn’t empathy

It’s moral self indulgence at the expense of others

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · Jun 7

Before "local governments are powerless over police" spreads too much: no, they're not.

They may clash sometimes, and cops may arm-twist individual politicians, but local governments have *a lot* of sway over cops.

If they're not reining them in it's because they don't want to.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 20h

Worth a repeat.

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · Jun 7

Local governments, and the gentry who control them, do not arm, pay and equip local police because they're afraid of them. They do it because they're afraid of the public. Cops are a useful, if sometimes unruly, force for maintaining their power.

They were shouting "fund the police" for a reason.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 20h

So, at this point, the idea is that “defund was bad,” but the police are “unaccountable,” and it’s simply not fair to expect elected officials to address this because the police are scary.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 20h

I don’t understand this as an argument against confrontation. They volunteered to take on a job that, by definition, involves some tough choices and personal risk. As a result they’re paid well and given a lot of social status, we can’t turn around and say “well, actually, it’s too risky for them”

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 20h

“But the politicians are scared of police violence,” hmm how do you think we feel about it?

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Lunch/Counter/Punch @theultrasecret.bsky.social · 1d

The liberal elite delusion that police are broadly on the side of truth and justice has put us all in existential danger.

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 1d

It is imperative that you do not depend on the police to help you or take our side during clashes with the fascist Federals.

Police see a protest and know that they hate every person in that protest. It doesn't matter what it's for or who you are - they know their job is to smash you.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 1d

pictured: Pritzker "resisting" Donald Trump

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

A small number of demonstrators attempted to protest/march in the street.

Massive number of ISP troopers in riot gear responded by blocking 25th, threatening arrest, shouting into megaphone about an unlawful assembly.

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The Asheville Blade @avlblade.bsky.social · 20h

As the Salvation Army's enabling of ICE is drawing more attention to them, read our piece on their long record of anti-queer/trans hatred, classism and abuse of the poor.

@davidforbes.bsky.social wrote this when Asheville city hall gave the SA over $1 million. ashevilleblade.com?p=4827 #avlnews

No salvation |

ashevilleblade.com

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moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 1d

A quick reminder: The Salvation Army is an international organisation and the national branches are not administratively or financially independent. Australian Salvos may be (usually) less overt in, or better at getting away with, the fascism they do, but if you support them then you support US ICE.

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 21h

Also on the "never view politicians as saviors" front.

FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 21h

I'm sorry your non-Trump Nobel winner turned up to be a Trump-humping authoritarian, but you're only making yourself look worse by trying to rehabilitate her shit takes.🤷‍♀️

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 21h

This is — along with many, many other reasons — why politicians should never be seen as saviors.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21h

Pritzker should be held responsible for the police nominally under his control; that being said, this is going to be a problem for every politician you try to sell us on as a savior. Because everyone of them, and many of their supporters, refuses to actually confront what the police are doing.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Troopers with batons aggressively shoving crowd back.

Just saw two demonstrators arrested.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21h

Pritzker should be held responsible for the police nominally under his control; that being said, this is going to be a problem for every politician you try to sell us on as a savior. Because everyone of them, and many of their supporters, refuses to actually confront what the police are doing.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Troopers with batons aggressively shoving crowd back.

Just saw two demonstrators arrested.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 21h

Yes, this applies to so much right now. We'd get so much farther if the elaborate excuses got ditched and went with "they're just evil and dedicated to doing evil things."

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 21h

Sorry went to private school and seeing too much of this

The presumption of innocence and grace granted by enablers isn’t empathy

It’s moral self indulgence at the expense of others

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 21h

There’s a reason they’re not. -‘: the longer we avoid confronting why the worse this gets

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 1d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 21h

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 1d

That's the spirit.

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 1d

Reminder that this state and local police involvement is explicitly illegal in very plain terms under 5 ILCS 805/15, but @govpritzker.illinois.gov doesn't care beyond soundbites and IL Attorney General Kwame Raoul holds an incorrect interpretation of the law.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 1d

like in previous days, a large contingent of state troopers, cook county sheriff’s police, and assorted local cops are guarding the ice detention center and keeping the streets clear for ice.

lots of protesters heckling them. a group is chanting, “they grab them! they grab us!”

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Vicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 1d

The most famous piece of Soviet cinema, Battleship Potemkin, depicts the the major instigating flash point of the 1905 Revolution when navy sailors on the eponymous battleship mutinied over maggots in their rotten food. This fact is disconnected from the RT below bsky.app/profile/aphc...

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 1d

If this was happening in any other country you'd have journalists and analysts discussing risks of state failure

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