I saw this tagged as transphobia and while the laws and atmosphere that surrounds this is very much grounded in transphobia, I think it’s worth mentioning that that’s a cis woman.
So you know.
Fucking thanks, TERFs. Aren’t you glad bathroom laws trying to prevent “men” from entering the ladies room has caused two male police officers to eject cis women from the bathroom already? Since that’s the only women you care about maybe you might actually spend longer than .5 seconds thinking about possible fucking reprocussions of this shit now.
Oh my goooooddddd this shit is ridiculous. Like, this law has always been complete and utter transphobic bullshit, but here’s the god damn proof it will never work the way these idiots want it to. You cannot determine someone’s gender by the clothes they wear. Fuck, I get misgendered and called a man all the time. Do I need to bring my I.D. next time I take a shit? I am so tired of this garbage. Let people use the damn bathroom they want to.
But this is exactly the outcome of laws like this: policing and punishing people who deviate from the gender norm. The direct target is of course trans people (with the brunt of the focus on trans women), but anyone who doesn’t fit with the norms will also be impacted by the law because now there’s a witch hunt against anyone who doesn’t seamlessly blend in.
Isn’t it terribly ironic that this law was intended to prevent men from entering a woman’s bathroom and harassing women (which wasn’t actually happening) and it has directly resulted in male police officers entering the women’s bathroom and harassing a woman?
If you’re horrified at cis women being treated like this, you sure as shit better be horrified at trans women being treated like that too.
There have been at least 3 other incidents of cis men entering women’s bathrooms under the guise of “protecting” them from trans women. These bills literally gave cis men a better excuse for invading the women’s restroom.
Hello. You may remember this post I made about the brutal agression of French students, organized by the University’s Dean. I have some updates, if you’re interested. Since Thursday, we haven’t been idle. We went of several marches and protests against the violences, asking for the Dean to step down. As of today, he has been arrested, alongside the History teacher who came with the fascist group and hit the students.
Friday morning, there was still blood on the stairs leading to the Law University. At 1pm, 400 students gathered in front of the uni, where the girl in the picture in my previous post came to explain what happened, before passing out and being transported back to the hospital. Then, we marched to the Prefecture, where we asked to be received by the Prefet. We were, and he listened.
Sunday, there was a fascist march, which we stopped by simply being three times as many and making them run. The police was protecting them from us, even if they were the one who attacked and we haven’t hurt anyone in the two months our strike has been going on.
Tuesday, we held an Assembly at my university, to vote for the continued blocking of the campus, as well as our Dean’s resignation. The picture at the top of this post is when we voted (we were around 3,000 people). As you can see, we won. We vote for the unlimited blocking of the campus until all our demands are met (demands which include the French President’s resignation, only because we know we’ll never get it which means the blocking will never stop).
On Tuesday, the students who were hurt at the Law University went to the Police Station. The police officers refused to receive them, claiming their complain wasn’t acceptable and they were never attacked by fascist. So we sent about 200 students from our Assembly to the Police Station and we basically yelled them into submission. Our friends were received and their complaint heard.
Today, we marched against police violence and fascists groups. We marched fro three hours, we blocked the train station (because the train company employees are striking and we are supporting them). The police treated us like dangerous criminal, and we had to hide our faces because the fascists are taking pictures of us and compiling them to attack us in the street. We were 1,200.
Please share this around, like you did for the first post. Something big is happening. Our friends who were sent to the hospital deserve it.
Hi. I’m a 20-year-old French student. If you follow me, you’ve maybe seen this post I made a couple of weeks ago. I’m going to explain real quick, because it’s not the point here. Maybe you know this, but college in France is free. We are very lucky, we do realize that. In February, the Ministary of Higher Education decided to pass a law which will create selection before entering uni, start an entrance fee, and all sorts of unpleasant, expensive things. Collectively, French students have decided to stand up against this law. My university, Paul Valery in Montpellier, has been the leader of this movement. In the past two months, we have blocked the university for weeks, stopping classes and creating an alternative schedule with our own courses. It has been wonderful, and we have been heard.
Yesterday, March 22nd, was a day of National Strike decided by the unions and syndicates. Not only were the universties blocked and teachers striking, but so were a lot of people in other fields. As a consequence, the University of Law of Montpellier was legally occupied by the Paul Valery collective to instigate debates and discussions. There was a vote, which decided that one amphitheatre would be occupied during the night.
At midnight, the Dean of the University of Law was seen counting students in the lecture hall. One minute later, a group of masked men broke into the amphitheatre, armed with wooden bars, tasers, metal bars. They attacked the students who were pacifically speaking, some of them sleeping. There were high schoolers occupying the room.
They sent three girls to the hospital and hurt a dozen more. That picture is a friend, who had her skull fractured, ribs cracked, and was dragged out of the room by her friends while she was bleeding in the hallways.
Since then, we’ve learned that the Dean was the one who called the fascist group and let them in. The university personnel held the doors open while the masked men beat my friends, my fellow students, minors, into submission. As the girl was dragged out, the personnel closed the door stores on her legs and almost crushed them.
A student recognized one of the masked man as one of the University of Law’s teachers.
I spent the entire day in the streets, with hundreds of students, protesting against what happened. They sent the police against us. We peacefully went to the local senator’s office and waited hours for the Minister to take a stand. She didn’t. Only the local authorities condemned the Dean’s actions. Until a few hours ago, the only news spread was that students from my University decided to attack students from the University of Law.
Let me stress this out. The DEAN of a Univesity called a fascist group to beat up uni students and high schoolers. This morning, as I sat in front of the University of Law with almost a thousand students, there was still blood on the stairs leading to the doors.
Please share this around.
Last night, a teacher sent a girl to the hospital with a cracked skull.
As a chick married to an ex-cop, I say this all the time to people close to me, but it bears repeating here: No cop is your friend after you’ve been detained.
Get rear ended by a drunk at a red light? That cop will direct traffic around your vehicle, document the accident, sure. Call animal control on your piece of shit neighbor? You’ve got a pretty good chance the officer who shows up helps out in a meaningful way.
But after you’ve been arrested, when a police officer says, “Just be honest with me and I’ll do the same.” or the old “Help me and I’ll help you.” Politely ask for a lawyer. Shake your head. Ignore them. Pretend you’re Hollywood royalty being asked for a selfie. “ …mmmm… Sorry, but no.”
Keep your mouth shut. Don’t do their work for them. Wait for a lawyer.
I worked as a police dispatcher for a year and a half, and I’d agree with this. My cops were generally nice people (and I say this having been on the wrong end of their sirens twice, once before and once after being hired), and they often helped in good ways… on the street. Not so much in the station. Generally speaking (and I know this is oversimplification and is worse in a lot of places but), it went like this:
On the street, you were considered as a person/citizen they have sworn to protect who may have made a mistake or done something wrong.
Once you were in the station, you were considered as a criminal. In the station you are the only one on your side.
Stay safe.
TV and film has you thinking that only guilty people ask for a lawyer. This is not true. The law is complex and difficult and confusing and if you’re being questioned by the police you’re not going to be in your best state of mind. A lawyer is your basic civil right and you should exercise that right. Keep silent, ask for a lawyer, take your legal advice.
Guilty people don’t ask for a lawyer, smart people do.
“Guilty people don’t ask for a lawyer, smart people do.”
My uncle was a cop. My uncle is the most down to earth, wouldn’t hurt a fly person in the world. I don’t think he even arrested a single person ever, that wasn’t his job on the force.
His advice? Get a fucking lawyer. Never say a damn word. A cop knows how to twist your words around and make you even doubt yourself. They know damn well how to make you feel guilty by getting a lawyer. YOU need to know that it’s SMART to get a lawyer. Get a lawyer.
If you want to watch a show that shows people admitting to things they may not have done and the tactics involved, check out The Confession Tapes. It’s on Netflix.
My husband is a defense attorney, and yeah, get a lawyer. There is no lawyer more expensive than not getting a lawyer in this kind of situation.
“The Kent State shootings (also known as the May 4 massacre or the Kent State massacre)[3][4][5] were the shootings on May 4, 1970 of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio during a mass protest against the bombing of Cambodia by United States military forces. Twenty-eight guardsmen fired approximately 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.[6][7]”
wupacing 