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Had to park half a mile away from the march for #ElijahMcClain in Aurora. Me and hundreds of others. Our own little march before the march. We were on NPR’s top of the hour news while I sat in traffic. @AuroraPD, fuck your reassignment, it’s time for firings.
You’ll find me by the social justice dogs. (That sign? It’s some of #ElijahMcClain’s last words. @AuroraPD murdered him anyway.)
*wank gesture* thx Officer Friendly but all this month of protests you know who’s been giving out water? We have. You know who’s been caring for unwell protesters? Volunteer medics. Know what happened? Water got dumped by cops; medics got gassed by cops. https://twitter.com/aurorapd/status/1276960492590784512
God, this sign put a lump in my throat. If you don’t know, #ElijahMcClain used to play his violin for the neighborhood cats. @AuroraPD murdered him anyway.
There are at least two speaking programs going on simultaneously. @AuroraPD lurking, watching, some already in face shields. #ElijahMcClain
the level of poster lettering I want to be on. my layout & mechanical construction skills are A+; my lettering not so much. pre-pandemic I was looking for hand-lettering classes but everything was fussy delicate Instagram script—no use to me. anyway #ElijahMcClain should be alive
this side of the crowd has picked up on @AuroraPD’s riot gear and are going hard on my favorite new (to me?) chant from this year. #ElijahMcClain
There’s a lot more cops in a lot more gear than there was an hour ago. but we (most of us) are hitting the street now: it’s matching time. #ElijahMcClain
it’s a few of us out here today. Marchers for #ElijahMcClain as far as the eye can see.
We have taken the highway. #ElijahMcClain
I guess y’all can have our highway back now. Maybe stop killing black people tho. #ElijahMcClain
Love and gratitude to the folks with the free water at the start of this last, long, hot, hurty-feet hill. And to the pair of black women pacing us in their car bumping YG’s FDT at top volume. #ElijahMcClain
Here at the very back of the march a moment ago, a woman in a car who was trying to get home like #ElijahMcClain was trying to got home became impatient and pulled a fucking gun on marchers who were at that very moment clearing a space for her to get through.
She took off and no one was hurt. I didn’t get pix or plates but others around me did. When people figure out who she was, if that’s today or next week, I’ll be putting her here in this thread. Meanwhile we are still marching. #ElijahMcClain
