It's funny how when there are as many cops as protesters, everything is violence, tear gas, and billy clubs. But when there's a thousand times more protesters than cops, nothing violent happens at all.

Hm.

I have not been in a scene like this since the Vietnam era.

Encouraging.

Today's most tragically misguided sign:

"Public descent is our birthright"

Ouch.

#NoKings

Happy No Kings Day!

I'm a human rights lawyer. If you're exercising your human right to protest today, here are 13 rules I recommend you follow.

No paywall. Free access. Please do read and share: https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/13-rules-to-protect-yourself-while

When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need to silence truth-tellers if we've already decided truth is meaningless.

https://www.citationneeded.news/it-matters-i-care/

My grandfather was blown to bits on DDay, left for dead, shipped home full of metal shrapnel and never recovered enough to act normal or even hold a job. That Nazi bomb has kept detonating down generations of my family. Do you think we paid that price just to welcome fascism back home for dinner and cuddles? I'm not about to be silent.

We must each ask ourselves, what would my ancestors do? Then do that.

#NoKingsDay

Marcos Leao, a 27 year-old veteran who was detained by U.S. Marines at the Wilshire Federal Building.

Leao said he was an Army veteran on his way to an office of the Department of Veterans Affairs when he crossed a yellow tape boundary and was asked to stop.

Leao, who is of Angolan and Portuguese descent, gained his U.S. citizenship through military service.

#Felon47 #WhiskyPete #PuppyKiller #CivilWar #LosAngeles #Immigration #ICE #DHS #NationalGuard #Marines
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-marines-carry-out-first-known-detention-civilian-los-angeles-video-shows-2025-06-13/