GhostOnTheHalfShellMar 29

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116314196321946080

I want to point out here that people have only seen the photograph, but not heard of the news the police teargas no kings because they were around one of the LA detention centers

The LA Time coverage quoted next . 1/n

Show threadTatteredMar 29
@GhostOnTheHalfShell And so the smily police officer and the smilier arrestee are not, indeed, as representative of the moment as some commentators seem to think.
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellMar 29

@Tattered

It’s photogenic. It’s also fascism washing.

Show threadTatteredMar 29

@GhostOnTheHalfShell Absolutely agreed.

I am cynical enough to wonder whether the woman is a police plant.

Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellMar 29

@Tattered

Whoa.. more cynicism than I have, but also possibly plausible

Show threadNazoMar 30

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @Tattered That seems a little off to me. Unless it suddenly comes out that she brought guns and was shooting cops or something crazy like that, the entire optics around this absolutely work against the cops and really the regime in general with this photo.

Even if it did turn out she was a plant and did something to try to sabotage things, it has such a strong imagery that it *still* would stand on its own as working against their side...

Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShell

@nazokiyoubinbou @Tattered

Yeah, that’s why I say it’s possibly plausible. It could be a plant maaaaybe.

What makes it extra surreal to me is the cop as well as Lady liberty are all smiling like this is some gigantic joke.

But zip tying up lady liberty is pretty darn bad optics.

Mar 30 at 1:13amWeb
Show threadstandevMar 30
@GhostOnTheHalfShell why would her smiling mean anything other than her realizing how the absurd optics of the police tying up a symbol of liberty on camera would play?
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Mar 30
@standev @GhostOnTheHalfShell true. She surely saw this as a possible outcome, when she planned the costume. In fact, she may be smiling because she just won a bet with her fellow protestors! 😂.
Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellMar 30

@deborahh @standev

Yeah, but one of the cop?

I hope it grinds LAPD tits though

Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Mar 30
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @standev yeah, it's pretty weird.