In 1999, on my birthday, friends and I were trapped on the streets of Seattle during the WTO riots. We were petrified, gripping each others hands and clothes, trying to find a safe space, only to be tear gassed, again and again, for standing too close together. Rubber bullets rang out all around us. The air was thick with smoke and screaming. It was a horrifying feeling, to be in the middle of a world gone topsy-turvy, at the mercy of faceless helmets and shields who had declared us the enemy. There was no humanity inside that kind of chaos, and I remember feeling my own sense of right and wrong slipping away as I choked through yet another stinging cloud of gas. My heart goes out to all those in #Ferguson today. I am hoping beyond hope for a swift change for the better.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 18:47:02 +0000
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