Like genuinely. You have no idea what is actually happening, if you don't do at least a little bit of research, you have no right to talk about that.
"iT's bEcauSe Of tHe iMmiGraNts, LoOk at TheSe PeoPLe, aLL bLaCKs aNd AraBs"
Dude.
OF COURSE YOU'RE GONNA SEE BLACK AND ARAB PEOPLE, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY WANNA SHOW ON TV, AND OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY OF THEM, THEY ARE THE ONES LIVING IN THE WORST CONDITIONS, WITH THE WORST SCHOOLS, IN THE POORER AREAS.
And no, it's not only black and arab people. Im fking white, and at all the protests ive been to (maybe 6 protests), at least 90% of the people were white.
"bUT ThEy'Re ViOlenT, LoOk aT tHem BreaKing THinGs"
Breaking things isn't violence, at best it is vandalism.
THE VIOLENCE IS FIRST COMING FROM THE FUCKING GOVERNMENT, AND THEN FROM THE COPS WHO HAVE STRANGLED PEOPLE, BEAT UP PEOPLE, SHOT PEOPLE IN THE HEAD WITH THEIR FKING RUBBER BULLETS AND GRENADE LAUNCHERS.
Multiple teens(and adults too) have lost an eye, lost an hand/arm, etc.
In the city i live in, even thoughts it's much smaller and that during the 17th october we were "only" 20 000, there has been multiple people who ended up hospitalized.
"But ThEy DesErVeD iT"
No.
Just no. Most of the people i saw being beat up by cops were just protesting, most of the time peacefully, and if not, the response from the cop is totally disproportionate.
That girl that was strangled wasn't a protester, she was just a teenager going to her highschool. She said nothing, did nothing.
That 14 boy who was shot with a grenade launcher and had his jaw fractured and lost teeth wasn't protesting, he was sitting besides the protest when cops started being agressive, he defended himself by kicking a cop, and then was shot.
There are many cases borderline PURPOSEFULLY running of teenagers with their cars and trucks. I belive a girl was hit by a police car at some point.
A journalist also had a cop on a bike hit his leg, purposefully.
And if their violence was proportionate, legitimate, the wouldn't trying so hard to prevent people from filming violences and arrests. They wouldn't hide or straight up not have their RIO (identification number)
They also wouldn't have cops dressing up and acting as protesters and acting violent to justify the cops violence.
"ThEre HaS bEeN mANY inJuRed cOps ToO"
- That's what the media say. Injured by who ? Teenagers ?
Fun fact, very few bad injuries have happened, including two cops who hurts themselves by making a grenade explode in their own car, one that was beat up by protesters after he was arresting someone in a river, literally putting that persons face under the water, or overall cops hurting themselves with their own weapons. Maybe there has been more actual injuries during the 17th october, because there were much more people, but id like to remind y'all that scratches, bruises and shit like that count as injuries for cops. Even respiratory issues from their own teargas. If they counted that for protesters, i can assure you that there would be thousands.
Also little reminder that tear gas can kill people with asthma or respiratory issues, can cause lung injuries, can cause menstrual disregulation, and even MISCARRIAGES.
And fun fact ? They, multiple times, tear gazed non protesters, bars, places near hospitals or kindergardens, these underground places, idk how it's called in english, yk where you wait for the metro. And guess what ? In these places, there are children, old people, pregnant women, sick people etc. They are putting these people in danger.
"ThE oNeS wHo bLOcK thEiR sCHoOls aRe JUst LAzY aNd Don'T wAnnA hAvE cLaSSes"
Lmao. Try blocking an high school, or even better, a university campus. Cause i did. I participated to the blocage of my campus. Woke up at 4 in the morning. Went there. It was barely 10°c. It was fucking raining. We had to bring trash bins, barriers, and random heavy concrete things (whatever they're called). We had over 10 buildings to block, each having multiple doors. It took hours.
We had to deal with people insulting us, with some teachers LITERALLY PHYSICALLY ASSAULTING US.
We are not fking lazy. We are doing our best. I came there despite my health issues, it's been a few days and i still have bad back pain from it. And im doing it again tomorrow.
YES, THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE PROTESTS (OR BLOCAGES) WHO ARE VIOLENT, WHO VANDALIZE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT DIDN'T DESERVE IT AT ALL. THERE ARE ASSHOLES.
But there is also a high number of people using the protests as an occasion to be violent to vandalize, to steal. Non protesters.
Some many try to lessen the credibility of the movement by mentioning, for example, the high school that burnt. It was set on fire by people that were not students from that high school.
AND WHY DO Y'ALL CARE MORE ABOUT LITERALLY TRASH THAN PEOPLE'S EDUCATION, PEOPLE'S FREEDOM, PEOPLE'S HEALTH PEOPLE'S LIVES ???
WHY CARE MORE ABOUT THAT THAN LIVING HUMAN BEINGS ???
THERE HAS BEEN DEATHS. PEOPLE HAVE DIED THIS SATURDAY.
DO YOU NOT FKING GET IT ?
There are many other things i wanna talk about. but this would be way too long.