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picture has absolutely nothing to do with that night, or a riot - it's just crowded and dark

Riot night

On March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 By strangerinaslumIn Die by the Sword, Nonviolent InterventionsLeave a comment

The crowd pulsed, a hundred people behind my arms, 20-30 of them trying to push forward with sticks and other weapons. Opposite us another 15-20 men advanced on the mob, some of them wielding weapons of their own. Belt blows from the front rained down on my arms and shoulders, and someone’s elbow or fist …

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