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This is very recent, however this does feel like a picture future generations should see.

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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 57 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

I wanted to find where this photo came from, and so did a search, and only came across a Facebook post. All of the comments seem to be mocking him or making light of the situation. What a pathetic time we live in.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 33 points 18 hours ago

If it helps, half those comments are probably a troll farm. The other half sadly are sincere.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 18 hours ago

What else would you expect from Facebook comments?

It's like being shocked that comments on Mumsnet are psychotic and unhinged 

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 7 points 16 hours ago

I'd take everything on Fascbook with a grain of salt

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Facebook's depravity can only be surpassed by Twitter's