They Pepper-Sprayed Andy Kim! Bastards!

Okay so I’ve been out most of the day since I had family visiting, but then I come home and find out that the protests at Delaney Hall had escalated today with government forces descending on civilians with their usual affair—pepper balls, gas, and other riot control gear. From following his page on Bluesky, I know he’s been touring Delaney Hall, which is located in Elizabeth, NJ (about an hour’s train from New York City) and shedding light on the horrid conditions there and as someone who grew up in New Jersey (though far from this internment camp) I was proud to see him doing so.

It’s crazy to see the man standing there trying to de-escalate the situation and then ending up shot with riot control ordinance. He’s been an amazing individual from cleaning up the Capitol after the J6 riots and now this and the fact that this government trooper still decided to shoot him with a pepperball is one action in a sea of similar acts that show that the government forces have never been there to protect anyone other than themselves.

Had they actually wanted to de-escalate the situation, they wouldn’t have shot the guy trying to do so. They’re not there to protect the people, they’re there to protect the rise of fascism at a literal internment camp. The fact that government forces have again and again turned their weapons on unarmed civilians—whether or not they’re protesting notwithstanding since they’re, you know, allowed to do that—is going to be remembered like the SS and I’m going to do my part by chronicling it here.