pres. trump sent federal troops into portland to squash the protests and they shot someone in the head with an impact round last night and shattered his skull. his blood is still on the sidewalk outside the federal courthouse. they are not like local cops and they are NOT fucking around. they carry ARs with live ammo and they are merciless. i am very sincerely scared that federal forces are going to instigate a kent state type situation by killing protesters as an example sometime between now & november and i am very scared it’s going to be here
Video of the protester who was shot being carried away by medics while bleeding everywhere (obvious TW). He is alive but was in critical condition when he arrived at the hospital & needed extensive facial + skull reconstruction surgery. At the time they shot him he was standing on the sidewalk with both hands holding a boombox above his head
Video of a federal officer kneeling on someone while he has a seizure; they did not allow medics to help him. There is word that this person may have died but afaik that is still unconfirmed
Video of federal officers chasing & assaulting medics tending to an unresponsive protester
Video of 15 feds forcibly arresting a disabled trans person and taking away their service dog for the crime of writing on the federally owned sidewalk in washable sidewalk chalk
Full live tweet thread of the night (7/11/20) with a lot more video footage, especially of the absolutely ludicrous amounts of tear gas they used
sorry for the long post—i am not sure how much national coverage this is getting and i really want people to know what’s going on here. they are behaving like an occupying army & treating citizens like enemy combatants
Death to America
i saw a video earlier today of what was happening directly after the first linked video, where the man who was shot had been carried away by his comrades and was laying in the grass. couldn’t talk and was coughing up blood. you could see there was a big physical dent/pit in his head where whatever projectile they fired on him hit.
Nothing like driving through a warzone on your way to work -_- fucking hell. I’m constantly blown away at the level of sheer disregard for human life. May those responsible for the pain and suffering receive justice.
home’s not doing so hot