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neilyoungsaveus.bsky.social
Just another Twitter exile. You might know me. GenX, activist, politics, Prog, Still BERNin, music, musician, med prof (RRT), SF Giants, Seahawks, Antifascist, Dangerous Mind, Strong opinion warning. 🌹 In Tx
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I’m safe. Departing with a small group. Still being stalked by police
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Happened too quickly to film. Had to run.
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TEAR GAS DEPLOYED
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FLASH BANGS DEPLOYED.
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The scene from the second story of the parking garage!
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Helicopter circling
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Still here!
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The state of things. We’re pushed back to the Omni Hotel
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Unexpected reinforcements!! Looks like a contingent backtracked from the Capitol.
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Impromptu scooter blockade
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Police have cleared the street outside the federal building. About 100 folks left. Still pushing us back. Rubber bullet guns are prone
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Arrest warning has been issued
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At least two protesters arrested
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DPS and APD just advanced on the remainder of the folks at the federal building
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OK things are mostly calm at JJ Pickle. Folks just the space.
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Maybe not half but a significant portion.
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Half the crowd has now broken off to march back to the Capitol…
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Yellow vest protesters are trying to get the crowd to move on but they are defiantly staying put.
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I’m not going to film but people are banging on glass doors and graffitiing them!!!
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For a bit of local context while we walk, Texas just ended in-state tuition for undocumented students. LA solidarity protests erupted in Houston and San Antonio yesterday, and Austin was one of the first to be hit with Trump’s ICE raids just after his inauguration.
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Holding space at Brazos and 7th