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Big protests in Tokyo after recent police brutality against a Kurdish person. https://twitter.com/NoHateTV/status/1266621098193383425
Chanting "暴力やめろ", the crowd calls for an end to police violence. https://twitter.com/shinoda_man/status/1266639963770118144?s=19
Marchers call for violent and discriminatory members of the police force to be punished via dishonorable discharges. https://twitter.com/ark_yz/status/1266619942046060544?s=19
Taiga Ishikawa, a national politician of the CDP, is also at the protests.
He says something along the lines of: "If you do not crack down on the crimes of your own police officers, the public's trust in the police force will collapse." https://twitter.com/a_beayana/status/1266682316149018624?s=19
He says something along the lines of: "If you do not crack down on the crimes of your own police officers, the public's trust in the police force will collapse." https://twitter.com/a_beayana/status/1266682316149018624?s=19
Ishikawa is one of the prominent openly LGBT politicians in Japan who are consistently pushing for better treatment of LGBTQ+ people and other minorities. After 2 terms as a local politician he acquired a seat in the national Diet last year: https://twitter.com/writerofscratch/status/1153069153948971016?s=19
A short photo series about the protest, published by the @mainichi. http://mainichi.jp/graphs/20200530/hpj/00m/040/013000g/1
This sign reads "I protest against Shibuya's police officers' unlawful violence and discrimination towards a Kurdish man*."
*Japanese is often ambiguous in terms of whether a noun is plural or not. The sign could also refer to "Kurdish men" in general. https://twitter.com/_natsukik/status/1266639488429613057?s=19
*Japanese is often ambiguous in terms of whether a noun is plural or not. The sign could also refer to "Kurdish men" in general. https://twitter.com/_natsukik/status/1266639488429613057?s=19
This very clear sign is in English and written in a nice, legible font. https://twitter.com/_natsukik/status/1266725414510067712?s=19
In yellow: "Why did you injure him and pin him down? Is it because he is a foreigner?"
In white: "I protest against the hate crimes of the police." https://twitter.com/_natsukik/status/1266710647561052160?s=19
In white: "I protest against the hate crimes of the police." https://twitter.com/_natsukik/status/1266710647561052160?s=19
Japanese news article about the protest, published by @mainichi.
Not behind a pay wall so you don't need a subscription to read it.
(Don't be fooled by the thumbnail; this is not the same piece as the photo series I posted earlier in the thread). https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200530/k00/00m/040/179000c.amp#click=https://t.co/YNZCRODg8E
Not behind a pay wall so you don't need a subscription to read it.
(Don't be fooled by the thumbnail; this is not the same piece as the photo series I posted earlier in the thread). https://mainichi.jp/articles/20200530/k00/00m/040/179000c.amp#click=https://t.co/YNZCRODg8E
Unfortunately, the twitter account of Counter-Racist Action Collective (C.R.A.C.) appears to have been suspended once again. I hope @TwitterJP will right this wrong and quickly give @NoHateTV their account back.
The Mainichi Shimbun now also has a video about the protests. It starts with some footage from the unjustified arrest that sparked the protest, and also includes a brief interview with the Kurdish man himself. https://twitter.com/mainichi/status/1266748067010600961?s=19
English article from @tokyoreporter.
The Kurdish man is quoted as saying he did not attempt to flee and did not get violent. Despite him saying he couldn't breathe, he was only able to get free from the chokehold when police noticed his filming friend. http://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/hundreds-protest-alleged-tokyo-police-violence-against-kurdish-man/
The Kurdish man is quoted as saying he did not attempt to flee and did not get violent. Despite him saying he couldn't breathe, he was only able to get free from the chokehold when police noticed his filming friend. http://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan/hundreds-protest-alleged-tokyo-police-violence-against-kurdish-man/
While the protest was sparked by the arrest of this unnamed Kurdish man by Shibuya's police, this English article from @ArabNewsjp notes that protesters also displayed solidarity in denouncing the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
https://www.arabnews.jp/en/japan/article_18375/
https://www.arabnews.jp/en/japan/article_18375/
