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Arrest of journalist Olga Fedorova (Alex Kent, New York, May 8 2024) (kbin.earth)

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[-] [email protected] 196 points 4 months ago

Creds and copyright Alex Kent over at Twitter. He also posted a picture of Fedorova's arrest, with her press credentials at full display.

The context is, of course, the ongoing anti genocide protests.

[-] [email protected] 97 points 4 months ago

you need to sign in to even look at shXitter now? Thank fuck, it's finally dead.

[-] [email protected] 66 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You're better off, the comment section is full of bootlickers anyway.

Here's the tweet:

#NYPD knocking down and arresting credentialed journalist Olga Fedorova in New York, NY on May 8, 2024.

There are two attached images. The second photo should be accessible through the link even without signing in, but I attach it here for good measure.

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[-] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago

A link is great but xitter doesn't let anyone without an account even look at content from their page anymore. Is there an alternate place to see these?

[-] [email protected] 33 points 4 months ago

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[-] [email protected] 173 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It was worse than what the picture shows.

There's a bunch of videos on Twitter/X showing how they pushed her into that position, turned her around, and hauled her off before cuffing her and detaining her. She was thankfully released later, but this is just far too much. All of it is.

[-] [email protected] 114 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Welcome to freest country in the world. We will support genocide and still somehow convince own delusional selves that we are good guys.

[-] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago

What is it that we're free to do again? I have honestly forgotten what all these implied freedoms are actually supposed to entail.

[-] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago

You're free to love white Jesus

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Here's a short video of the arrest, via @StatusCoup on Twitter:

https://hostux.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/405/944/244/075/554/original/2bf5cc21cf3c6f22.mp4

[-] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Wow

Huge guts to snap the cop after getting pushed. Taunting a bear (if bears carried mace and had some of the world’s worst PR).

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[-] [email protected] 136 points 4 months ago

Looks like an awful lot of Freedom©®™ going down there 😂

[-] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you've never seen Team American: World Police look it up and you'll better understand what Americans think about American "freedom." Which funnily enough recieved a NC-17 rating due to an explicit sex scene involving puppets.

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[-] [email protected] 98 points 4 months ago

That Police logo on the holster looks incredibly fascisty

[-] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

Is there a front shot of this? Taking bets he has a punisher patch and a thin blue line patch somewhere on him.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

Looks like Olga is taking the front shot herself

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

“Are we the baddies?”

“No! Of course not!”

“Are you sure? Our ~~uniforms~~ caps have skulls on them.”

Edit: Whoops, not uniforms. Also, for those who haven’t had the pleasure: https://youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY

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[-] [email protected] 87 points 4 months ago

ACAB

[-] [email protected] 80 points 4 months ago

America: Can you believe what China and Russia is doing to people expressing free speech.

Also America: criticizing Israeli is antisemitic and will arrest you for it!

[-] [email protected] 23 points 4 months ago

Some Americans say several of those things. Millions of other Americans also say different things. Millions of us are better than that fascist bullshit, and we are not going anywhere.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Except maybe to prison 😅🥲😢😭

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Don't forget, Russia is invading ukraine because they are antisemitic.

cue white/black arm meme with russia and usa using antisemitism as an excuse to do authoritarian shit.

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[-] [email protected] 74 points 4 months ago

That's one fat, dumpy, ACAB fascist right there.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

But you repeat yourself...

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[-] [email protected] 63 points 4 months ago

Does he have enough shit hanging off his belt?

[-] [email protected] 103 points 4 months ago

Those are "de-escalation devices". First, you beat them with thing 1. If that doesn't calm them down, you stun them with thing 2. If they are still not calm, you shoot them with thing 3. Repeat until America great again.

[-] [email protected] 50 points 4 months ago

I know you're joking but this is basically how police operate

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

But it's tactical!

[-] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

It's not like he plans to move quickly anyway. Hasn't in a while.

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[-] [email protected] 63 points 4 months ago

Which part of this image is the "freedom"?

Conservative politicians are a disease, these are the scars of that illness defacing the body ferociously and actively since Nixon.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm not entirely sure how hashtags render in Lemmy, but I added that one because I think fundamentally it's what the picture is about: Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, press freedom, freedom from arbitrary violence.

Of course it's a case of freedom being infringed upon, but I nevertheless think it's a central theme.

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[-] [email protected] 57 points 4 months ago

Now imagine this image came out of Russia, it would be plastered on the covers of all magazines as the western world would stroke its ego dick around this image. But I guess it's not coming out of Russia now, so it's irrelevant. (Not that I support Russia lol, fuck their fascist regime too)

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[-] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago

That's a horrifying image. She's got some serious footwear. Fuck cops. I'm big and you're small! I'll hit you with this stick!

Fascist fuck.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Except if you have guns then we will be pussies of highest order. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/05/27/uvalde-shooting-police-gunman-shot-olivarez/

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[-] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago

The NYPD is one of the biggest gangs in the US. They get paid the best, by those they don't protect of course.

[-] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago

Damn, I want to be so composed when the SS finally haul me off to the prison camps.

[-] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago

Fascists gonna fascist.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

Aaah, she's getting the sweet taste of American freedom

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

"democracy"

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

i fucking hate cop bastards so much.

can we please riot and general strike?

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