The cops broke my teeth
I'm writing this from the dentist's office
News from the dentist’s office on May Day
I’m writing this as I sit in the waiting room, waiting to be seen by a dentist. My two front teeth were broken last night when the police launched a barricade towards a crowd of City College of New York (CCNY) students. I didn’t expect my night or morning to be like this. I was planning on making today’s column about Columbia students giving Hamilton Hall a makeover by renaming it to Hind Hall. The Columbia students were brutally arrested when the police raided the hall. The students at CCNY were also brutally arrested and their encampment was swept.
I’m mindlessly scrolling on twitter because what else do you do when you are sitting in a waiting room, teeth throbbing, not knowing when a dentist will see you. Twitter is my pain reliever right now.
I see a tweet stating that it’s not a surprise that the “NYPD raided CCNY and Columbia as Rafah is being attacked”. Of course it’s not a surprise. Hiding violence by perpetrating more violence is a strategy. It’s the pick and roll for fascists. Sorry, that's the only sports play I know. We all know that the world “leaders” get in a room and discuss how they are going to oppress us and trick us into being oppressed, right? They have to nudge Joe Biden to wake up every five minutes, but he has been evil for so long he can literally do evil in his sleep.
As Rafah is being destroyed, students were being brutalized by the police and free police interns. Free police intern is what I call fascists who do fascism for the love of it, not for the pay. The fascists attacked the UCLA encampment as the police looked on because you don’t interrupt your intern when they are doing a fine job. You let them learn on the job. It’s like that scene in the Devil Wears Prada when Miranda Priestly gives Andrea Sachs a smirk of approval when she makes her her first assistant. Devils love their demons.
They just called someone’s name and hope I’m next.
I went to the CCNY encampment because a friend of mine and adjunct professor at CUNY invited me. Before I walked to the encampment I saw beautiful banners exclaiming solidarity with Gaza. I walked into the encampment. I realized I was hungry. There was a tent with red pepper hummus sandwiches, my heart skipped. I love hummus, I love bread. You put those two things together, add some pickles, I will be your best friend forever.
Once I ate my sandwich, I realized I was cold. I got some hot tea. Then I listened to a choir with my friend. Everything was free, everyone was friendly, it was the paradise I dream of every day. This is the world I want to live in. A world where everyone is taken care of.
The NYPD came and destroyed that world after they broke my teeth because their job is to make sure we live in a world where nobody feels safe and no one is ever taken care of. They are literally the fun police and if you love fun, you have to fight them until they are abolished.
That’s it for the news but don’t go yet
Last week on TikTok I shared what we should all learn from the police brutalizing students protesting genocide.
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The police violently cleared the UCLA encampment.
If you want to learn more about the lives of Palestinians being displaced by the genocide in Gaza, head on over to We Are Not Numbers.
Please keep going to protests for Palestine. Please keep talking about Congo, Sudan, and colonialism.
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Holy shit! Hope you are recovered soon, fuck the cops & Free Palestine forever
ACAB, clearly. Their main purpose is to keep the power structure firmly entrenched. They're human robots, doing whatever they're told to, no matter how heinous. Very sorry you were assaulted by a government goon 😰