Georgi Guninski wrote:
How are the Baltimore riots going?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Baltimore_riots
Mandatory curfew effective April 28 – May 5 from 10pm-5am
Aloha from Baltimore, The protests have been peaceful of late, and actually fairly peaceful overall. The police, however, have not been. Despite claiming to be basically terrified of black people congregating in large groups, Baltimore cops killed another unarmed man two days ago. Earlier this week, I got trapped in DC overnight due to the curfew, and last night my boyfriend got trapped at my place despite living a block away. I've got video of a hundred or so soldiers marching through the streets near the train station as the curfew takes effect (out of hundreds that did so). Last night, my kid sister had to come home at 10:10 and it was the first time that I've been worried about her safety since she's lived with me. Because she's a minor, the curfew means that she's not even legally allowed outside for any reason without me present [0]. Not to go to a friend's house, or to grab a cup of coffee, or to volunteer. Because I'm her guardian, I of course have given her permission to do all of those things because Fuck That Noise [1]. But we're also about to make our exit because living under helicopter noise with cops driving around in vehicles that have gun turrets on them is not great for the psyche, and no kid should have to live in that environment. ~Griffin [0] kids these days with their skinny jeans and their police state [1] one of the many benefits of having a weird-hair hacker for a parent -- “Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ― Dr. Seuss