Today on my walk, I came upon the White Riot in my own hometown. It was a Black Lives Matter protest, but it was almost completely white. I don't mind that they were doing it, of course. Kudos. But it is soooo my town.
As I've said, I always carry a camera on my walks, now, and today I was glad I did. I was excited to photograph people, but I was also afraid to get too close. I wished I had a longer lens, but I had a street photographer's 35mm, so if I wanted to get dramatic shots, I'd have to move into the crowd.
I didn't want to get that close. I wasn't wearing a mask, and I can't afford to try my luck with the virus if I can help it. So I played around the edges and shot what I could.
After they got to the Boulevard, things began to get out of hand. Some of the white kids started breaking windows and they looted the Lilly Pulitzer store. The police were able to stop them before they got to Williams and Sonoma.
I looked far and wide, and finally I found someone who would qualify as a minority.
I have to love the kids, though. Peace and love children. They don't have to do this, but they did.
ReplyDeleteHoly Shit. I just woke up. Almost nine.
I have to listen to the song every time I see the title. Several times in a row. Listening even now.
HA. God how I worshipped and hold them so close to my heart - appropriately so - I do believe - the Clash.
You took pictures of people. Yay! I don't understand why a street photographer like yourself wouldn't carry a mask - you never know what or who you might come upon out there in the mean streets of your town.
I'll leave this one for Q - as I know it will be too much for MSAPF.
Imagine the lines:
"I went to the place where every white face
Is an invitation to robbery
An' sitting here in my safe European home
Don't wanna go back there again"
It was always a favorite live - well always a favorite in general for me. I love that whole album. I must go listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6UTZb-_vI
And then of course:
Police and thieves in the streets, oh yeah
Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition
Police and thieves in the street, oh yeah
Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition
Saturday Morning Clash & Coffee.
Thanks C.S.
Yes, for Q.
DeleteJune 6, 2020. They don’t do anti-fa protests like they used to.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzBbRIcW1Lw
This is my favorite pipe tune. It was my grandmother’s favorite, too.
Our fondness for “Road to the Isles” (her father was in British Military with a Scottish Lancer Regiment) is linked to Bill Millin, the Mad Piper of Sword Beach.