photos from my last big day in New Orleans :) I might spend one more day resting cause I went too hard last night and didn't get everything packed like I was sposed to. photos taken by my friend Jeremy!
Day before yesterday I heard the sheriff give a speech in the park about how they were going to put the homeless all in jail. Yesterday my Sioux friend Jeffrey and I almost got hate crimed by a dude in a motorized wheelchair, although we had no bags or anything to indicate we were homeless. The dude was going nuts screaming about how we were going to get locked up soon, we needed to "get off his street" because our "dogs are noisy" (my dog was asleep) and we were "scaring tourists." He actually attacked my friend and ran over his foot trying to hurt him, while he and I were confused what to do as we didn't want to hit a disabled man even in self defence. Luckily the tourists we were supposedly scaring ran over to defend us and chased him off! Later the police forcibly took my other homeless friend's knife, despite that it's completely legal to open carry and he was actually asleep when they approached.
Before 1718, New Orleans was known by its native Choctaw name, Bulbancha. Long before the French ever arrived it was a major port. Bulbancha has the most open and accepting culture of any city I've visited. Here it's totally normal to tell all your friends how much you love them every day, most people are so kind and thoughtful of each other. I'm going to miss all my beautiful friends here so much. I'm praying for them all to stay safe, alive, and to see them all again some sunny day when our city is free.
Here's some badass graffiti from outside Checkpoint Charlie. Love you all and thanks for reading.
