This fucking skateboarder being pelted with munitions at the ICE protest and flipping them off nonchalantly
This fucking skateboarder being pelted with munitions at the ICE protest and flipping them off nonchalantly
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Safety glasses ... any time you join a protest these days ... wear safety glasses ... any kind will do because it will give you a fighting chance at saving your eyesight.
So many protests over the past few years have featured police forces aiming munitions, tear gas and other projectiles at people's faces on purpose. These projectiles won't kill you but if they hit your face can severely wound you or destroy your eyes and blind you.
Wounding people as opposed to killing people is also a psychological tool used by security forces. If they hurt, maim or even cause people to bleed ... then it has a psychological toll on those who see it. An even greater psychological hit for anyone would be to see a healthy strong, vibrant young 20 year old man losing both his eyes and blinded while everyone witnesses it and tries to help. It might only directly hurt one person but the event would psychologically affect dozens or even a hundred people who see it.
One of the saddest stories I ever saw was the story of 20 year old Gustavo Gatica in 2019 who was part of a protest against the government in Chile. Police were actively shooting at protesters' faces on purpose blinding many people in one eye. Gustavo was hit in both eyes and was rendered completely blind.
https://www.amnestyusa.org/gustavo-gatica/
It's one of the saddest and most infuriating images I've seen in a long time ... no matter where you are and you want to join a protest ... wear safety glasses and save your eyes. Police might not try to aim for your face but if they do, they'll just make the excuse that you shouldn't have been there in the first place and blame you for your injuries.
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"There is no more important safety rule than to wear these: safety glasses" - Norm Abram
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They'll confiscate them in France if they manage to search you before you join the protest. Because of course protection means you're a terrorist.
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Most safety glasses look no different than bog-standard sunglasses these days - make sure to get those.
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Jesus Christ .... all the more reason to smuggle in eye protection ... and bring extras and hand them around
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Oh i had to think about your wording for a bit to realize you didn't mean that all French protests were pre-kettled.
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There's gotta be a lot of ppl realizing they have tear gas immunity these days.... (it's fairly common, military basic training always has that one guy who's unaffected).
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From what I heard it's not actually a gas but very fine powder, so if you keep your eyes protected a.d don't rub it it's doable.
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I got tear gassed in the military as part of the gas mask training, I was coughing a lot and my whole face was burning
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Getting some flashbacks to this:
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What is this picture from?
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Myanmar, I think?
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Probably this?
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Before this loaded I thought it was going to be the Sikh farmers getting hit by the water cannons
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Is ICE hiring imperial stormtroopers now?
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Not the Star Wars kind, but the Nazi kind
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Shit. They can aim, people!
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They have not hired anyone else. Maybe a janitor or something?
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The posts say munitions but I'm pretty sure they're pelting him with pepper spray rounds and no they're not missing
but yes they are stormtroopers actually
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It proves the police are only there to protect the wealthy and their property.
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And their fragile little piggy egos.
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I probably would've done the exact same thing.
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Relevant user and comm name
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