An exchange on Twitter in 2020, reading ‏ @crimethinc May 28 More The fireworks display outside afterwards in celebration, as the police surveillance cameras burn, is a beautiful and romantic moment, even in the midst of heartbreaking tragedies at what seems like the end of the world. Let's take care of each other. Stay safe out there. 🖤 @NYCAntifa May 28 More Replying to @crimethinc this is literally the crimethinc-iest tweet, like from a crimethinc text generator, but it's not hyperbole. 🖤🏴 3 replies3 retweets77 likes Reply 3 Retweet 3 Like 77

Notices where this attachment appears

1. Embed this notice
   CrimethInc. Ex-Workers (crimethinc@todon.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 29-May-2024 05:18:38 JST CrimethInc. Ex-Workers

   Four years ago today, demonstrators grieving the murder of George Floyd destroyed the Third Precinct in Minneapolis, showing the world what police abolition could look like in practice.

   https://crimethinc.com/ThirdPrecinct

   Immediately afterwards, politicians scrambled to promise to defund the police, if only activists would confine themselves to seeking change through the institutions of the state. None of those promises came true.

   Instead, for four years, politicians of all stripes have engaged in a concerted effort to make us forget that moment of possibility, doing everything they can to equip the police with even more public funding and perceived legitimacy even as the police go on murdering with impunity.

   In a society wracked by extreme disparities in wealth and power, police are essential to governance itself. The politicians can't afford to do without them. But neither capitalism nor police nor politicians are beneficial to the rest of us.

   As we wrote in 2020,

   "Remember this moment. Later, there will be misinformation campaigns, conspiracy theories, rumors to distract us from our agency. But right now, we are seeing what we can accomplish together when we stand up to our oppressors. Don't let anyone tell you we can't change the world."