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Protest The Hero
September 14th,2011
Toronto, ON @ Molson Ampitheatre Uproar Festival
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Several thousand people gathered at Sydney Town Hall to protest after the Israeli military attacked a flotilla of ships, ostensibly packed with humanitarian supplies for Palestine.
Protesters Remove barbed wires from Al Qasr El Eini street during a march to the parliament to demand the applying of the political
isolation law
Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city's largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit.
The protest, which for months had stirred worries about violence in the streets, drew together a broad assortment of participants, including peace activists joining with war veterans and people more focused on economic inequality.
Hundreds of protesters gathered late Sunday night near the Art Institute of Chicago as first lady Michelle Obama hosted a dinner for spouses of NATO leaders inside. At least 100 Chicago police officers in riot gear were also at the scene.
Diabolical: the teabaggers joined a protest consisting of local truckers, Latino farmers and even pot legalizers to create one large protest. But I sincerely doubt any one faction really knew what the other factions were on about.
Immigration protest at Denver International Airport in response to President Trump's executive order to ban certain immigrant from the United States January 28, 2017.
Mellow day in the beginning. A break off work, a chance to join fellow parents and celebrate my son and his friends finish their school year.
After all was set and done, plan was to hop on the train to go visit my friends' photo lab to drop off film to develop. Lab's in Downtown.
Heard of the protest developing down there too - not unexpected, City Hall's there after all, courthouses, Federal Building.
Was packing my camera anyways already, figured could document as well.
By the time train got to Union Station, I learned that the southbound subway line (to Little Tokyo and into the Downtown proper) was stopped. No big deal - can walk.
Exited the station and started hoofing it down Alameda southbound. Got to the freeway overpass - some folks leaving north, towards Union Station; others hanging out on the overpass, looking on the freeway below. Heard sound of stun grenades coming from the south side of the freeway, at Aliso Street. Some smoke there. Heavy husk of federal Blackhawk helicopter whopping air with it's blades, circling above.
Camera out. People, signs. Cops blocking off Alameda south of Aliso. Walking along Federal Building. Tagged up KTLA5 News van. More people, more signs. Cops on freeway below, blocking southbound lanes, shooting occasional stun grenades up towards Aliso from down there. Arresting folks who came out on the freeway earlier.
Turn down to Los Angeles, walking south, along same Federal Building (familiar spot. Place brings back memories). Building's all tagged up, police skirmish line blocks Los Angeles at Temple. Few folks protesting on Los Angeles at the time are mostly mellow. One guy walking, yelling at cops, but he's an exception. There is more action happening toward the bridge over Temple, by City Hall. Fireworks go off, then stun grenades. Cavalry rides there with sticks - mounted police. A cop comes up to the middle of the intersection dropping off a box of those 40mm foam baton "non-lethal" rounds.
In skirmish line some cops look uncomfortable, overwhelmed - drafted desk jockeys perhaps? Got maybe some basic riot control training a while back. Twitching now. Not ready.
Person sits down to the right of me - legs crossed, on the ground. Lifts their sign up. Suddenly, heard a flute behind me. Turn around - a protester walking toward me, beatboxing on the flute. Now, I had seen it all. Focus, take the shot.
Almost immediately hear a 40mm launcher go off, yelp. Turn around - person sitting next to me got hit by a "non-lethal" in the hand. Pinkie finger looks gnarly. Sign down on the sidewalk, blood dripping. Folks rushing in to help. Look towards the police line - fairly certain I see the shooter: new round loaded up, launcher towards myself and folks helping wounded person. Protesters yell and curse at him. I lock in focus and hit shutter.
Yeah, twitching. Not ready. His superior shows up with some backup in tow, and a guy with a whole bundle more of fresh foam batons. Pulls that cowboy back. Don't see him anymore.
Suddenly, cops' attention is focused by something way behind me. Turn around - clouds of dark smoke are rising from the old Pueblo side to the north of the freeway. Get my last shots of the Temple St skirmish line, move north.
Waymo robot taxis are burning. Four of them. Smoke is thick, suffocating and feels toxic. Somehow "heavier" than what I had smelled in Altadena with Eaton Canyon fire. Mask up. Trying to move in a way where wind won't blanket me with that filth. Electric cars burn so hot and fast, practically melting down completely. Feels much different as opposed to "usual" gas cars during Eaton Fire.
Spent rest of the time moving back and forth between different sides of the freeway. More signs, more people. North side of the freeway peaceful. Some families with kids. South side is a bit rougher. Tear gas and stun grenades are met with fireworks and those silly rideshare scooters. A sudden memory from the Soviet-era school curriculum flashes in my mind, about "a boulder being a weapon of proletariat" - made me wonder if those scooters are stand-ins for boulders in 21st century. But only briefly - boulders make an appearance too. Turns out that those decorative "cemented boulders" by the freeway ramps, a product of some hostile architecture genius, are an arsenal within themselves.
More photos. Stun grenade hits the tree branches above, goes off. I get showered with a bunch of leaves, small branches and lost hearing in my right ear for probably solid half an hour. Try to be more careful. Move around some more. Different sides of the freeway.
Cops decide to get more active on clearing up south side of the freeway. Cavalry moves out once again. I get kettled up between two skirmish lines, along with some reporters, an older homeless guy with his treasure throve of cardboard boxes, a confused older couple, some random working folks. They all were given confusing directions, trying to make their way out. Couple of hours of milling about, older couple asking me for information and directions, trying to make their way to a hotel - tourists. Young lady asked if I knew whether Alameda was open (she wanted to make her way to Arts District). Told her that Alameda most likely would be closed (it was).
Eventually, authorities lost interest in our ragtag group milling around their area figured it was a good time to get us out of there in a prompt fashion.
These kids were great! They loved chanting along with the crowd.
(It's worth noting, all of the people coming out for Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Green have been white. ALL of them.)
Protest organized by Palestinians for Dignity following the arrest of 130 demonstrators by the Palestinian Authority, Tuesday 2 Oct. 2012, Ramallah West Bank.
Protest rally called by Mining Dependents at Kranti Circle, KTC Panaji on 19.3.18. Supreme Court stopped all mining activities effective 16.3.18 after cancelling all mining permits. Protestors blocked traffic from both bridges and other entry points to the city. As a last resort, protestors were Lathi charged around 3pm. Video youtu.be/CzaV1Hyr8Us
Later that night I was watching some CityTV footage of the protest and saw that this man had been interviewed about why he had brought his young children along to the march. It was exhilarating to see someone I had snapped a pic of appear on the evening news.
Save Our Nurseries - UNISON/Salford Labour Party march to avoid closure of council run nurseries in Salford.