Followed the happenings in SF this morning via twitter, reading posts from 1struggle1fight (http://twitter.com/1Struggle1Fight) as they blocked the street and were arrested. It was a strange experience to read posts knowing that the poster would be arrested soon. The last post (presumably before the arrest) was a link to this picture:
The girl in the middle is named Flik and is being arrested. I like it. I guess partly because she's short with a long braid, reminding me of someone else... but also because she's so very young, and willing to get arrested for what she believes. For the first time I find myself looking at events like this wanting to get protective of the 'kids' doing the protesting.
By all accounts the cops were being very good about everything (most officers there are gay), so I have no fears for the safety of Flik or any of the others arrested. Hope to hear from the twitterer (tweeter?) soon about how the time in jail went
The girl in the middle is named Flik and is being arrested. I like it. I guess partly because she's short with a long braid, reminding me of someone else... but also because she's so very young, and willing to get arrested for what she believes. For the first time I find myself looking at events like this wanting to get protective of the 'kids' doing the protesting.
By all accounts the cops were being very good about everything (most officers there are gay), so I have no fears for the safety of Flik or any of the others arrested. Hope to hear from the twitterer (tweeter?) soon about how the time in jail went