PHOTOS: Tear gas not the only thing connecting Ferguson and Palestine | 972 Magazine

19.8.14

PHOTOS: Tear gas not the only thing connecting Ferguson and Palestine | 972 Magazine: As black Americans filled the streets of Ferguson to decry what they saw as the unjustified killing of one of their young men, they were met by an over-militarized police presence looking to crush them. Sound familiar?

Their protests were welcomed with tear gas and rubber bullets. Sound familiar?

Well, it sounds familiar to us, so familiar that many Palestinians took to Twitter to advise their American counterparts in Ferguson on how to deal with such attacks. We saw tweets like, “Remember to not touch your face when tear-gassed or put water on it.” And, “Always make sure to run against the wind /to keep calm when you’re teargassed, the pain will pass, don’t rub your eyes!” And my personal favorite, “Don’t keep much distance from the police, if you’re close to them they can’t tear gas.” Yes, we Palestinians are very creative when it comes to anti-anti-protesting. We are professional protestors.