Black Friday #3 Pictures
Enteng will post his take on our experience with the Manila Police later. For now, here are some pictures from last night's barring from Baywalk. We would like to thank all our friends who sent texts of encouragement. Special thanks go to our new and old friends, especially those who joined our action and stayed with us, even waited patiently outside, at the precinct, WPD, and night court. We would also like to thank the legal eagles that came to Enteng and Dinky's aid: Atty. Butch Abad, Atty. Hector Soliman, Atty. Edwin Lacierda, Atty. Marvic Leonen, and Atty. Marlon Manuel. We really appreciate your friendship!
posted by Leah Navarro at Saturday, March 18, 2006
14 Comments:
It looks like the NYC cops were dealing with people that were planning violent protest actions. Our actions have never espoused violence, please refer to the instructions in each of the Bulletins. None of us carry clubs, banners, and we do not chant or yell during Black Friday Protests. Finally, please refer to this quote from that piece - covert tactic that had been disavowed by the city and the federal government 30 years earlier - this clearly shows that the move was against basic freedoms. And I would re-read that piece as it isn't quite so flattering to the NY cops. In fact, the suggestion to use the tactic was lamented. Read the part on infiltrators.
As to your plea to preserve peace and order, please tell that to the cops. Had they allowed us to do our action, like in Makati and Ortigas, nothing untoward would've happened.
eto na naman yung linya na "magsumikap na lang tayo."
ano bang tingin niyo sa mga nagpoprotesta? hindi nagtatrabaho? nagtatrabaho rin kami, yun nga lang, naghahanap kami ng panahon na magpursue ng concerns na hindi pansarili lamang.
When the cameras were shoved into their faces and they said it was only a 'gimmick' and that the shirts didn't allude to anyone, i lost all respect because they can't even say on TV what the cause is behind. There was a time when people were willing to go to jail for what they believed in. What happened to that? Are you simply going to protest in comfort - just like your first one?
Pep, maybe the person who said it was a gimmick meant "gimik", our term for getting together with friends to do something. I really don't think people do protest actions with the intention of getting arrested. They protest to call attention to the root of a problem that needs solving. And I can assure you there was nothing comfortable about facing 50 cops and spending most of last night in a police station and night court.
Buduy, Enteng will welcome your friendly post. Will make sure he replies to you tomorrow, we kinda gave him the day off to rest. :-D
Gus is a co-convenor of BnW. Both guys are still in IT. We like to say that BnW and the Black Friday Protests are not our day jobs, but they are a big part of our lives now. Just like Paeng.
Mga Ginoong Bagong Bayani at Pinoy Ako,
Sige sabay tayo! Maganda ang mga suhestiyon niyo. Makabayani rin kayo.
Syanga pala, nagbigay na ako ng donasyon sa Leyte, at handa ako maglinis ng kalye, sama sama tayo. Galing po ako sa hirap!
Pakita natin, ang mungkahi niyo, di lamang panunutsya sa mga kaibigan natin, kundi kaya rin nating gawin. Panindigan natin ang inyong mga mungkahi! Call po ako!
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glo!
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pakisabi nga po pala kay Ka Enteng na ni-link ko ang banner ng blackandwhite sa aking blogsite (rebolusyon2006.blogspot.com), kung bawal maari ko pong alisin.
you deliberately misunderstand my comment, helga. 'gimmick' was meant in the context of a night out amongst friends.
and what is up with the shirts? 'now na?' you can't even make a slogan in one language - how can you expect people to respect you?
Yeah, didn't get it myself, peps... why deny that "Patalsikin Na" refers to the ol' President... when that's what B&W has been going on about for the past few months?
Addendum - ika nga ni Ka Enteng - "If, on the other hand, you share our convictions that GMA must go..." So, Helga, is this indeed the conviction of the Black & White Movement? And is this indeed what "Patalsikin Na, Now Na" refers to?
If the answer is "Yes" to both questions... isn't your organization's refusal to name exactly who's going to be "made talsik" a failure of nerve?
Sure, it might have been momentary, but it was a failure of nerve all the same. I suggest you write a whole new blog entry to correct this impression.
Bagong Bayani,
Call! Yebah!
Tama si junkglo!
You have to be courageous! Wag kayo magpalusot o magtago! Panindigan niyo mga paniniwala nyo!
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