what I will not allow is to have this VERY specific narrative be skewed against what black & brown people are doing today. . . my friends have seen this with their own eyes today, that some of the more heinous of the "graffiti" & "property damage" came from folks like these #ROC
these are not my images, but look at them #ROC
trying to blame black and brown folks for EVERYTHING that happened today, I see y'all going "THUGS" and "CAGED ANIMALS" and while that's very obviously coded racist and bigoted rhetoric, no one is out here worrying about changing your minds
so many of my friends were out there today PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATING, never hurting anyone, recording and documenting, and the RPD responded by shooting them directly with rubber bullets as they left with their hands up ! #ROC
quite frankly, the looting I'm ambivalent to - as taking time and effort to do that detracts from the folks on the front line protesting who could've really used that backup
You can follow @taurussavant.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: