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Mat Cauthon posted:I would love for you (and anyone else with direct experience) to do a post on your perspective, lessons learned, etc as a result of your time doing organizing, direct action, etc if you're so inclined. I'm a street medic active in Texas. Joined up after George Floyd was murdered. Every time I go out I am reminded that most people will never talk to a protester and will only get caricatures or fabrications from their chosen entertainment stream. The police came out swinging hard and haven't really suffered for it... not that anyone expected them to suffer for it. Austin managed to pass a defund bill that mostly just moved spend authority around, and APD is probably going to use it as an excuse to under-serve most of the city. There's nowhere near enough coordination between groups and between cities yet. I expect that should begin to change around or right after the elections, and that's assuming that the Republicans don't find a way to steal the election. Boogaloo has been all over, and there are more guns, per capita, at each deployment I go on. A lot of the medics have or are acquiring armor. And central Texas has been sedate all things considered...
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