This is a terrible idea for a few reasons.
Riot shields are super heavy and if you try to grab one without wearing anything to protect your hands, your fingers are gonna get crushed.
The cops aren’t just going to let you grab their shit. Unless you have a physique like Brock Lesnar and you know how to fight somebody dressed up in full riot gear, if you try this, you are absolutely going to get your ass kicked.
Even if you are able to knock the cop to the ground, chances are you’ll be flanked by at least two of their comrades.
I get that the person who made this post had good intentions, and all they wanted to do was find ways to help the protesters fight back against cops, but that doesn’t make this okay. There are probably a bunch of people who have read this post and are planning on pulling this stunt at the next protest they go to. Every single one of those people will at best get beaten within an inch of their lives and thrown in jail, and at worst get beaten to death. To quote @sam_kriss on twitter: “Don’t give advice that will kill people.”
so just to be clear. shane dawson has:
mocked trayvon martin’s death
shared a GRAPHIC fantasy about mutilating and killing a black woman who called him out on racism and misogynoir
defending pedophilia on his podcast
gave multiple racist influencers platforms
one of which he made jokes about their racist scandals the whole time
the other he sympathized with when he whined about getting called a cracker in response to calling 2 of his latino employees b**ners
made a parody of nicki minaj in black face, in which he was mostly making fun of her for having plastic surgery and having a fat ass, literally a modern day minstrel show
made a song where 2 characters were at a club and the joke was that they saw a trans woman and thought she was hot, saying the t slur in said song (only source i could find)
made a video where he jacked off to a poster of willow smith (who was ELEVEN. 11 at the time)
profited off of a character who’s literally based on black stereotypes for years
done blackface in other instances i don’t even know the context of
shouted the n word
there’s a bit in another of his old videos where he literally masquerades as an immigrant who doesn’t know much english- this hasn’t been called out yet, but i remember seeing it in 6th grade (in the same video he asks a character that’s supposed to be his mom- but just him in a wig, as usual, if white people or latin people are better, and the mom character refers to as a trick question)
refers to himself as poor in his videos to this day, even though we all know he damn well isn’t.
these are 13 instances that i alone know of. if this man doesn’t face repercussions, he will continue getting away with this shit. nothing will fucking change, this will happen every 6 months.
If you ever wondered what an angel is called, the answer is Rahul Dubey!
"President Obama, your grace, compassion and class will be deeply missed in the White House." - Gov. Gavin Newsom
Hey so I’m hyped that Trump’s gone and all but let’s just remember that things don’t magically get better from here on out - we have to keep working for them.
Keep supporting blm.
Keep protecting trans kids.
Keep welcoming immigrants.
Keep defending marriage equality.
Keep believing women.
Keep working to make our society more fair, just, and accepting of all.