[violetsandshrikes]

If you really want to help indigenous people, now is your time.

Ngati Paoa and other protestors have been occupying Putiki Bay after resource consent was given to develop it without consent from the local iwi. Today, they are blocked by police as developers being to destroy Little Blue Penguin habitat, a species on the decline with climate change and habitat destruction.

Public outrage and eyes on Putiki may be the only thing that can save Putiki now after every route has failed. Spread information about Putiki every where you can - Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, your local group chat, whatever. Please please please help save Putiki Bay, Aotearoa NZ!

[violetsandshrikes]

That was the 17/06/21. I can confirm that 3 people were arrested at the protest as construction began behind the police line, for trespass (information here).

Today (18/06/2021) was quiet, however there is a lot of recovery to do. Multiple people at the protest have said that security and police used excessive force of them to keep them away from the boundary line, and Protect Putiki is calling for a formal apology.

Protect Putiki has also claimed that they, police, security and developers all heard the penguins (currently in their mating season) calling within 5m of the demolition of rocks - this would put them at immediate risk of the construction.

Please continue to boost this on every platform you can. Protect Putiki now has a twitter here. They can be found on instagram here. They can also be found on Facebook here.

The petition to halt the construction can be found on actionstation here.

You can donate to their givealittle here.

You can contact David Parker, Minister for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, and Revenue, and Associate Minister of Finance to let him know what you think here.

You can contact Kiri Allan, Minister of Conservation, and Emergency Management and Associate Minister for Arts, Culture & Heritage, and the Environment to let her know what you think here.

You can make a formal complaint with the Auckland City Council here.

I will provide more information when I have it.

[jewfrogs]

fanart on here is so generous i have seen these men and well they do not look like that

[stantler]

[nmri]

the only reason cops are at pride now is to intimidate gay people into not making it a riot again and i will stand by that fact until the day i die

[vaguelyconcernedtriangle]

If the occasion should arise and I attend a pride festival, I would also like it to not become a riot.

[nmri]

imagine being this guy

[kr0w0s]

arent they there? to stop any attacks from the anti lgbt groups?? yknow the ones that ALWAYS gather there???

[nmri]

contrary to what this newer generation of lgbt people think, cops are a new addition to prides. only within the past 10/20 years have they actually started “protecting” pride. aka standing around and intimidating the general public. historically, lgbt people have protected ourselves and eachother during pride events. from police in a lot of cases actually. ive been to pride events where the anti lgbt protesters were the ones being “protected” from the pride crowd… the cops arent there for us. theyre there to boost the image of the police force and make us think they care. the only people who feel safe around cops are the classes that they are meant to protect and people who are uneducated about police. (theres a heavy overlap as well.)  you may feel safe around cops but many people do not. theyre literally dogs to the upper class. 

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2018 Baltimore pride was crashed by terfs who marched with the cops. pigs protected them.

In hamilton ontario the cops let neo nazis attack people and said they didnt help because people didnt want them there

[themintycupcake]

I was at NYC Pride a couple of years ago and a massive section of the main route was completely dedicated to cops. The sight of a prison bus driving by with rainbow flags on it made me sick. That was the year that Toronto Pride asked the police not to bring guns to pride. And so the NYPD invited them to our parade, marching through and proudly brandishing their guns. Back at the Stonewall Inn, people who were protesting the commercialization of Pride were beaten by police. I used to buy some of what the commenters above are saying about protection, but after seeing all of that Pride needs to be anti cop.

[manymari]

A group of neo-nazis showed up across from Motor City Pride 2019 waving a giant swastika around. When they crossed over to our side of the road, we could see they had shields, a megaphone, and some had guns. Assault weapons.

They screamed at us, waving their flag. At the time, my friend and I were outside the festival gates helping a local group hand out food, water, etc to the festival-goers. People were gathering. Cops that were posted around pride came to the area.

They gathered around the Nazis, but faced us. They let the Nazis keep walking. They shoved us out of the way. They yelled at us.

I shouted at one of the cops and he told me “They have just as much of a right to be here as you.”

Cops aren’t there to protect us. They don’t give a shit. Given the choice, they will stand with and defend Nazis before they help us.

No cops at pride. Ever.

[moki-dokie]

No cops at pride. Ever.

[drtanner-dickery]

Just FYI also, the person up there saying they would like Pride to “not become a riot” is a TERF. There’s no correlation there I’m sure but it’s weird, right? :)

[caemidraws]

Wisteria

[asimovsideburns]

alternatively I do think it’s funny to be like

Villain: fool! the prophecy says that no man may kill me!

Trans Man Hero: *ineffectual stabbing*

Trans Man Hero: okay so like. the prophetic acknowledgement of my gender is good but also. very inconvenient right now.

[aeoliantectrix]

Trans Woman Sidekick who had been hanging back: *realizes the prophecy will acknowledge her gender* *immediately commits murder*

[maruti-bitamin]

turbulent & calm

[flowerkindling-remade-deactivat]

you guys know "effeminate males" is a transmisogynistic dogwhistle right....feminine is the word you want to use effeminate has a derogatory connotation and the pairing of it with "males" is how terfs signal theyre talking abt trans women

[flowerkindling-remade-deactivat]

also literally listen to transfems when they say "be careful with how you juxtapose masculinity and femininity in a joking context" like you need to THINK before you just place gendered terms side by side because of how often thats used to mock, deride, and fetishize transfeminine people oh my god

[tfw-adhd]

[catcrumb]

[creepish]

sorry cant hang out. too scared

[hellodaekko]

tragedies at baby time

[xiv-drake]

Okay, I looked it up and cats do this when they don’t want you to look at their babies. That honestly makes this comic funnier

[breya-etherium-shaper]

You ever think about how the only reason Samuel l Jackson got into acting is because he was a radical activist and his mom got threatened that he’d end up dead so she sent him away to school to save him

[postmarxed]

Literally the FBI told her to get him out of Atlanta or they were going to murder him

[pretentiouslimericks]

[yourkpopidolsucks]

UMMM???? CAN WE GET SOME ELABORATION PLEASE?????

[breya-etherium-shaper]

[scallioncreamcheesebagel]

the fbi literally threatens people fighting for racial equality with death without a trial and people still think theyre the good guys

[medlau]

Happy pride month 2021 guys! 🌈

[papasmoke]

Losing my mind remembering that pic chelsea manning posted of the extremely undercover and not at all obvious fbi agent who was tailing her after her release

[papasmoke]

[verminsblood]

what kind of sixth sense do american have to recognize fbi agents that easily

[demonius-darkblade]

to paraphrase her, its always the shoes.

[pedro-martines]

americans please explain to a foreigner, he looks like some random dude to me

[imnotafeddammit]

1. They all have the same haircut, almost everybody in law enforcement and the military have the same haircut due to regulations.

2. They all wear the same shoes. Same boots, and same overpolished dress shoes.

3. They act different. Shifty eyed and always on their own.

4. They’re kinda really bad at their jobs. I’ve encountered plenty of “undercover” cops outside of bars that ask questions no regular person in their right mind would ever ask. “How are you getting home?” “Who did you come here with tonight?”

5. America is a police state on a budget. Most officers are poorly trained, fbi agents require a 4 year degree (I think), but lord knows how much training they actually get. And the dumb kids from your high school always become cops.

It’s always the dense as a brick kid, with something to prove that becomes a cop. The kid that mouth-breathed and couldn’t chew gum and walk at the same time.

[derkartoffelkonig]

Their shirts are never form fitting so they can conceal a weapon and cuffs.

Always look at the watch, it’ll be expensive but in neutral tones (uniform standards strike again).

They will always sit where they can see their target and the nearest exit.

They will have a partner who is less obvious but wil point a recording device (phone or camera) at you. Check elevated positions, it gives them the clearest view to track you and keep an eye on their partner at the same time.

[jimmyfury]

One time when i lived in phoenix, I was driving home through residential streets from Panda Express on April 20th and there was a 40something year old white man standing quite literally in the MIDDLE of the fucking road wearing a brand new straight from the store weed jersey (jersey #420 with a big pot leaf), a wornout old raiders hat, regular-fit straight leg jeans, and cop shoes. This man proceeded to try to wave me down to stop since I was driving slowly (again, residential neighborhood) and as he did so fully yelled “You buying bro? You buying? 420 bro 420 you buying?”

I almost choked laughing so hard. I couldn’t stop myself from just yelling “NO THANK YOU OFFICER” as i drove by him.

[brunhiddensmusings]

for the past 60 years law enforcement, military, and even literal espionage/intelligence based organizations have assumed that rigid conformity to dress code was more important then actually training how to go undercover, blend in, or understand what the fuck theyre doing largely because the ‘we are infallible’ mindset is too strong for them to consider they might not be doing very good

[official-lucifers-child]

shoutout to the two “undercover cops” who were at my school to monitor the student body for a week, acting like “substitute assistants” and literally all of the kids immediately recognised them as cops and everyone would address them only as “officer” which annoyed the hell out of them because “we aren’t cops” like sir you literally have your badge in your back pocket and a taser what fucking substitute assistant would have an actual police badge and a whole ass taser??

[crazy-pages]

Just a casual reminder that this is what secret police are. Like, this is the literal definition. Police who are (badly or otherwise) pretending to not be police.

[swampgallows]

i know this has eight billion notes already but i love sharing these images

[chaoticchickengremlin]

This thread reminds me of this story lol

[rylandgraces]

din djarin: public menace

[oddverse]

Thinking about full body scrunge

[oddverse]

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