Saturday, June 27, 2020

June 2, 2020 - Protests continue - from Flint Michigan

My friend Barry sent me this email and the link below.

tue   2 jun 2020   12:27pm

i am listening to here and now on pbs, an interview with the police chief of flint, michigan, chris swanson, who, with his officers, put down their batons and joined the protest march there and calmed it all down.  he said he wished it had been a strategic decision but it was not, it was in the moment, from his heart, with the fear mounting.  he put down his baton, went into the crowd and grabbed one of the leaders and gave him a big hug, saying in reference to derek chauvin in minneapolis, "that is not us."  he asked the leader to call that with his loudspeaker.  then he asked the crowd what was next.  they said, "Walk with us.," and that's what the police did.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/us/flint-sheriff-protestors-camden-police-ferguson.html?auth=login-email&login=email

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