Some few weeks back, 15th of March, diverse groups of peoples used my town as a site upon which they voiced their grievances. The yearly anti police-brutality protest wound down from Place-des-Arts, skirmished by the park 'cross the empty lot, then seemed to pause for a moment in front of my door. Brutality on all sides.
The reporting has already been done; I'll allow you to find mainstream sources yourself if those you do prefer, and though it could always get better I appreciated the "normal man on the street who happens to be our editor and gets intimidated by cops" take a few papers managed. Our own included.
My own voice, and eyes, you'll have to allow more time to percolate. I myself am a little close to the issue, so I've got to restrain myself to a certain degree before I get this off my chest. Public forum and all that.
But along with and beyond semi-acknowledged forms of protest, Awesometown's been starting to bubble. Allow Kate to explain. Rioting drunkards of an unknown, rumour fed nature. Malicious pranksters. The usual head-crackings and sneaker-stompings that don't make it into anyone's realm of awareness but the cops, the bouncers and the paramedics.
Summer's coming.
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