All the very best, Alan. On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 08:18, Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Not hopeful here at all, lots of explosions, cars driving out of the area > at high speed, people carrying loot in front of our place - all started > around 11, we think our street's been hit bad but we can't go out and look > tonight, too dangerous - we had to call the cops at one point as people > were trying to break into the bars below us. It's toxic. > > This definitely isn't protest, not at this hour, these people. This is a > video game. Sirens still going on at 3:15, screeching tires, people > running, carrying stuff. > > - Alan > > On Tue, 2 Jun 2020, Max Herman wrote: > > > > > Stay safe Alan. I truly believe this is not protest, nor anything to do > with > > justice for George Floyd. > > > > There's footage now of a young white Chicago man handing out explosive > > devices to people in my neighborhood last week telling them to throw > them at > > the police station. He livestreamed himself doing it if you can imagine. > > > > Be hopeful too. The national guard being here has stopped the insanity at > > night, not by any use of force but just by having some level of civil > > authority present. They have behaved professionally. The curfew has > helped > > too, allowing police to find the violent instigators and get fire trucks > to > > the fires. The real protests are thriving during the day, with wonderful > > grace. People are helping each other, connecting, and healing, > distributing > > food, cleaning up, and grieving. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > From: NetBehaviour <[email protected]> on > behalf > > of Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020 1:06 AM > > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] current story > > > > > > It's our turn now, riots and fire downtown central Providence, a few > > blocks from here. We knew about it ahead of time. There were warnings. > > Looting in a relatively poor city. We can hear explosions going off, what > > sounded like fireworks and gunfire. I can't think straight. I want to get > > the hell out of this country. This is way beyond protest, this is > > ultraviolence here. Louder explosions now. > > > > The warnings were four or five hours ago. So people were coming in to > > cause trouble. Earlier there were white motorcycle gangs around. > > > > Apologies, can't think straight. > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > web http://www.alansondheim.org/index.html cell 347-383-8552 > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/xe.txt > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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