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lunoki:
reverseracism:
reverseracism:
Truth.
I saw so many tweets celebrating that no one got arrested during The Women’s Marches and don’t get me wrong, I’m happy no one got physically attacked by the police and I’m ecstatic that no one is sitting in a jail cell…
but there is definitely a reason that crowds of over 2million unhappy people didn’t attract police violence.
This is relevant to Standing Rock and other Native water protecting movements. During the inauguration the Standing Rock water protectors were again violently assaulted by police.
The point is not to shame people who haven’t been assaulted by police, but to acknowledge and be aware that not all protests are treated equally, and its racial motivation is indisputable.
lunoki:
reverseracism:
reverseracism:
Truth.
I saw so many tweets celebrating that no one got arrested during The Women’s Marches and don’t get me wrong, I’m happy no one got physically attacked by the police and I’m ecstatic that no one is sitting in a jail cell…
but there is definitely a reason that crowds of over 2million unhappy people didn’t attract police violence.
This is relevant to Standing Rock and other Native water protecting movements. During the inauguration the Standing Rock water protectors were again violently assaulted by police.
The point is not to shame people who haven’t been assaulted by police, but to acknowledge and be aware that not all protests are treated equally, and its racial motivation is indisputable.
