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it’s hours past midnight and perhaps i am emotional but i have been watching some of the videos from peaceful. fucking. protests. where people are being beaten, temporarily blinded and deafened, shot in the face with rubber bullets point blank, and more. i watch these videos and i see the us government’s response, and i am terrified. truly terrified for the lives of thousands of innocent people /standing up for the lives of other innocent people/.
please, please, please stay safe if you are in any way involved. at any time, they may escalate to using lethal or permanently damaging force. protect yourself, protect one another.
to those of you who hesitate to join in, who click exit before signing that petition, who find the blackouts futile. i am not trying to force your hand by speaking out, nor make anyone feel guilty in any way. all i ask is that you educate yourself. listen to these people’s stories. see what is happening. because in theory, i knew, but it was just another awful story in the news. watch them, see them, hear them.
black. lives. matter.