A helpful reminder that the Venn diagram between those who look at what& #39;s happening in the US and say they would listen if people were protesting peacefully, and those who absolutely go off their nut whenever Aboriginal people protest peacefully in Australia, is a circle. https://twitter.com/realCarrickRyan/status/1266579530635816961">https://twitter.com/realCarri...
I also remember it wasn& #39;t the death of a 14-year-old boy, who was run down in broad daylight by a white man in a 4WD, that cause blanket media coverage and widespread concern.

It was the riot.
I still have the photo of the oil patch that marks the point where the 4WD that struck Elijah Doughty came to a stop.

And I& #39;m always growing to remember the group of Elijah& #39;s friends, all Aboriginal kids, raising their hand when I asked if they& #39;d ever been chased like that.
Don& #39;t say: these protests over the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, so many others should not be violent.

Instead ask yourself: why do we only listen once a window gets broken?
If the death of your kids was treated so lightly, tell me you wouldn& #39;t riot.
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