I caught them on the flip side. Was just about to get to work on the shelves for my van when I heard the drums, so I grabbed my camera. Got photos, then ended up walking with them, hanging out with a high school classmate I hadn’t seen in decades. The photos are uploading now (1705 my time, they should all be up in 15 minutes or so.
They made it back to the High School, everything was fine, then when everyone got out of the road, one kid, the drummer, decided to stand in the middle of the road and make a spectacle. eventually a few more joined them. I suspect that they were so disappointed that all they got from the CHP was support, that they were really trying to push things, because being 18 they felt a moral duty to cause trouble. Even their chants of “All Cops Are Bastards” were pretty good spirited. There were a few amusing interactions between the kids and the CHP. The situation here with the cops was a little extra fraught because two weeks ago, we had that excitement with the Air Force MP who ambushed the deputies and killed one. It turns out that he was also implicated in the murder of a federal agent up on Oakland a week or so before that. > On Jun 20, 2020, at 12:07 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks like a peaceful group. Very few black or brown faces in that > procession. Very few, but there were some. > > Didn't you feel like joining the parade, at least for a mile or two? As I said, I did end up walking with them back to the High School. There were half a dozen or so of us old farts hanging out. We were trying to tell the kids things like, “we’re on your side, but by blocking traffic right now, you’re just going to piss off the people who support you. Almost all of the responses were positive. People honking and waving as they went past. When it’s an absolutely gorgeous day under the redwoods, it’s pretty easy to keep things chill, particularly when most of the people marching are doing it out of principle, rather than direct experience of oppression. > > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 2:40 PM Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157714793118701 >> -- Larry Colen [email protected] -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
