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June 14 2012

My trip to jail for reading 1984 on the metro (First-Hand Account)

translatingtheprintempserable:

June 11, 2012

Original French Text: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/hpq5u1

This Sunday, June 10, 2012, I attempted to take part in a protest-action: over the course of a few hours, I would take the metro back and forth from Berri to Jean-Drapeau station to peacefully protest my disagreement with the Formula 1 Grand Prix, which in my opinion promotes sexism. 

Dressed in a flowered dress and with a bag full of dangerous objects such as an apple, a bottle of water and three books, I wanted to draw attention to the heightened police presence and the actions of the SPVM [Montreal police] who have themselves been like terrorists from the start of this conflict.  I would read George Orwell’s 1984, a novel describing a society overtaken by a police state. 

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    ^Why I hate police.
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    This is crazy
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    The hell is happening to our country?
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    The worst thing about disgusting human beings like these police and the system that created/supports them is they have...
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    I’m not sure how her actions were doing a protest simply because I don’t know what the situation is, but from what it...