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Holly Figueroa O'Reilly ✔@AynRandPaulRyan
Holy shit, this is amazing.
Cops in Flint, MI have laid down their batons and taken off their helmets after protesters chant #WalkWithUs.
"We want to make this a parade."
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9:38 AM - May 31, 2020
Thekaspervote
(32,689 posts)Ohiogal
(31,895 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)when both sides decide to start over. Trump will hate it.
riversedge
(70,047 posts)#WalkWithUs
UpInArms
(51,279 posts)All walking through it together
Chis Swanson is my newest hero ..
(FistsRaised)
RetiredTrotskyist
(12 posts)Fistsup!
zentrum
(9,865 posts)Protesters in NYC last night were chanting "Police can suck my dick".
Not only was this sexist (women get killed by cops too) but it was like Trump-speak. Devoid of political meaning and all just tough guy attitude. Designed to incite cop-rage. The power structure is our real enemynot these working class people.
I love this reaching across the lines. A demonstration like this is what really threatens the Trump Oligarchy.
Nay
(12,051 posts)lark
(23,059 posts)where people cooperate and work together when bad things happen.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)malthaussen
(17,175 posts)samsingh
(17,590 posts)PatSeg
(47,239 posts)to so many other cities across the U.S. So much mindless violence everywhere.
Doodley
(9,033 posts)erronis
(15,170 posts)StarryNite
(9,434 posts)johnthewoodworker
(694 posts)LakeArenal
(28,797 posts)My nephew is a cop in my family. We all dropped our jaw when he joined the police.
I know he was not raised to be like these riot police.
Bayard
(21,991 posts)Way to set an example!
Kitchari
(2,165 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)...in with the people they serve. If anarchists show up and start smashing windows...THEY can arrest them, WITH the help of the protesters.
Lucky Luciano
(11,248 posts)We cant forget about the other elephant in the room.
Metatron
(1,258 posts)patphil
(6,144 posts)But I do wish they wore masks and gloves.
TEB
(12,822 posts)RetiredTrotskyist
(12 posts)WAY TO GO!! Walk with the people! History wil look kindly on you as opposed to other cops in other cities.
snort
(2,334 posts)It's law enforcement, not people enforcement.
crickets
(25,950 posts)Everyone just add masks next time.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,304 posts)ancianita
(35,926 posts)davekriss
(4,615 posts)Were often overrun by fascists and vampire sociopaths, but were still here!
peggysue2
(10,819 posts)Because police solidarity with the public can and will change the status quo. The 'us versus them' mentality doesn't work, only increases tension and escalates violence.
A call to Walk With Us sounds simple, even loony. But the after-effects can be enormous because it acknowledges the police officers as fellow human beings who are in place to protect neighborhoods, not whip them into a frenzy.
Walk With Us as neighbors, as Americans, as men and women with a moral compass.
Sounds simple. But it's profoundly brave and truly American. Donald Trump has his Wall. We have each other.
Skittles
(153,104 posts)not burning and looting
Andy823
(11,495 posts)it needs to happen in a lot more cities.