whoops no this is UC Davis in 2011. the cop pepper spraying these nonviolent student protestors filed for worker's compensation claiming "psychiatric damage" due to having his name released and won more than $38k USD in compensation.

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    You should ask yourself the following question: Why does Tiananmen Square keep getting dragged up by western media, and meanwhile we never hear anything about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwangju_Uprising

    Try to think of a reason why.

    (And no, the answer is not "well ackshullly South Korea is a fReE dEmOcRaCY now so it doesn't matter")