America — and, specifically, Black Americans — is also amid another crisis right now; the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that has killed over 100,000 people, a disproportionate number of them Black. Despite the fact that protestors are largely wearing masks, health experts say the protests will almost certainly.
These protests for us are a long-term strategy and requirement of us, so this won’t be the only protest that we go to. While some people are going out to get haircuts, we’re protesting for our right to breathe. If there’s ever a risk I’m willing to take in the pandemic, it will be for my own life and for the lives of other people of color.
At one point, I saw an officer open up his car window and spray mace out at a line of protestors. For no reason. Things got progressively worse at that point — fireworks going off in the alley behind the first precinct, gas being sprayed, rubber bullets being shot. People at the marches were doing a great job social distancing, everyone was wearing masks and I brought both disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer with me for before and after being in the crowd, and when eating and drinking. Everyone basically had their faces covered, not only for Covid purposes, but to keep themselves safe from facial recognition and future retaliation as well.
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