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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 2 mo
“Philadelphia Police Department declines Penn request to disband Gaza Solidarity Encampment”
LIVE UPDATES: Philadelphia Police Department declines Penn request to disband Gaza Solidarity Encampmentwww.thedp.com Several students have received disciplinary hearing notices, and students previously reported threats from Penn's administration that the encampment would be cleared on Wednesday.
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civ - 🇵🇸 🕎 ☮️ - end the genocide now @uncivil.work · 2 mo
Today, and only today, Philly cops can get a donut
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Jay K @jaykellett.bsky.social · 2 mo
They can't afford it. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/9...
'Excessive, Militaristic Use of Force': $9.25M Settlement Reached in 2020 Philly Protests Where Tear Gas Was Deployedwww.nbcphiladelphia.com A multimillion dollar settlement has been reached in a case involving police use of force on protestors who marched on I-676 and through West Philly in 2020.
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Emotional Support Locomotive @trainboy.bsky.social · 2 mo
Go broke, become woke?
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My Bad @mbayayangu.bsky.social · 2 mo
Back in my day the Philly PD would fire bomb an entire neighborhood over a non-violent encampment. We used to be a proper country.
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Jay K @jaykellett.bsky.social · 2 mo
Watched it on TV live.
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Emotional Support Locomotive @trainboy.bsky.social · 2 mo
I think the University of Pennsylvania still has some of their skeletons
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My Bad @mbayayangu.bsky.social · 2 mo
And these cops won't even violently storm in to steal them back!
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Apetivist ☭ 🇵🇸 🔻 🏳️‍🌈 👨‍🦼😷 @apetivist.bsky.social · 2 mo
😃☝️
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Molly (they/them) @epi-nymph.bsky.social · 2 mo
Holy shit. The cops were just like “nah”????
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chatham harrison is tending a new garden @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 2 mo
The power of electing good people into the governor's office, mayor's office, & DA's office
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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 2 mo
Also see: MPD declined GW officials’ request to clear encampment, Washington Post reports gwhatchet.com/2024/04/26/m...
MPD declined GW officials’ request to clear encampment, Washington Post reportsgwhatchet.com MPD rejected requests from GW officials to clear protesters from their encampment in U-Yard early Friday morning, the Washington Post reported Friday afternoon.
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scribblegurl @scribblegurl.bsky.social · 2 mo
Gift link to WaPo article wapo.st/3y5gh0w
D.C. police rejected GWU’s plea to sweep out university protesterswapo.st City officials worried about the optics of moving against a small number of peaceful protesters, people familiar with the talks said.
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Bill Bragin @activecultures.bsky.social · 2 mo
Great that they didn’t go in. A little messed up that it’s because of optics and not legality or ethics.
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🇵🇸 from the Frederick to the Enchilada 🇵🇸 @markaudacity.bsky.social · 2 mo
Any reason for the cops not to brutalize people for exercising their civil rights is a good one in my book.
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jace cavacini @dysamoria.com · 2 mo
As with capitalism, we have to pick our battles and not be purist when there’s any motivator to make things less horrific.
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scribblegurl @scribblegurl.bsky.social · 2 mo
True, but it does suck that it's only to save face.
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Emotional Support Locomotive @trainboy.bsky.social · 2 mo
Mayoral and District Attorney elections matter
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Ned @thewesterhazys.bsky.social · 2 mo
NYPD already on the phone with Penn.
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Jean Hackman, daughter of Gene @tmcatee.bsky.social · 2 mo
Good.
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Paula @dentonitis.bsky.social · 2 mo
Whaaat??
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T @fathermudgeon.bsky.social · 2 mo
They're like... No, we did all that before. We're dealing with actual crime right now.