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Pacifist Patriot

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Wed Nov 26, 2014, 01:49 PM Nov 2014

Providence (RI) Ferguson Protesters Block I-95

First person account (with photo and video)

....Down below, on the highway, the protesters were confronting the police. I was told the following by a person who was down there, a white male:

“It was crazy. There were like five of us, three white guys and two black guys. The police, when they came at us, went right after the black guys. They weren’t interested in me at all, and I was right there.”

The police started to make arrests. I’m not sure what the criteria for who was arrested and who was not. I saw at least two people being arrested, but I was constantly being jostled by fence hoppers (now passing both ways) and being pushed from behind by police officers attempting to clear the fence, so I apologize for the shaky footage....

http://www.rifuture.org/video-providence-ferguson-protesters-block-i-95.html

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Providence (RI) Ferguson Protesters Block I-95 (Original Post) Pacifist Patriot Nov 2014 OP
Thank you RI. It is part of the #ShutItDown riversedge Nov 2014 #1
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