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Over the weekend, protesters in Portland, Oregon used just about the most appropriate song to get their point across. Playing Rage Against the Machine‘s ‘Killing in the Name’ through loudspeakers, protesters recited the track’s iconic line – ‘Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me’ – at federal agents on the other side of a fence.
Footage of the incident was posted to social media on Saturday (25th July). Surrounded by smoke, protesters in gas masks can be seen repeatedly shouting the lyric while pumping their fists.
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello endorsed the demonstrators’ choice of song, sharing the clip on his Twitter account with the caption, “#PDX getting their #RATM on”.
Demonstrations have been taking place in Portland for over 60 days at this point, triggered by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis back in May and escalating since the arrival of federal officers. Floyd died after white police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over eight minutes – the footage prompting an outcry against police brutality and racism across the globe.
With widespread protests still taking place following the death of Floyd, ‘Killing in the Name’ arguably feels as timely as ever. A powerful protest song against police brutality and racial injustice, it was originally released in 1992, six months after the Los Angeles Riots – which began following the acquittal of four white police officers who attacked Rodney King.
Check it out below.
#PDX getting their #RATM on. https://t.co/eCtHPWk6QW
— Tom Morello (@tmorello) July 25, 2020
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Twitter has temporarily frozen Donald Trump Jr.’s account after the president’s son shared a video making false and potentially life-threatening claims about the coronavirus pandemic.
The younger Trump’s account was restricted Tuesday morning after he shared a link to the viral video, tweeting “This is a much [sic] watch!!! So different from the narrative that everyone is running with.”
“The Tweet referenced was in violation of our COVID-19 misinformation policy,” a Twitter spokesperson told TechCrunch. The company said that the tweet violated its rules against COVID-19 misinformation and must be deleted. Trump’s account was not suspended, but its functionality will be restricted for 12 hours.
This account has not been permanently suspended. Per the screenshot, the Tweet requires deletion because it violates our rules (sharing misinformation on COVID-19), and the account will have limited functionality for 12 hours. More in our rules: https://t.co/0wHWVV5QS4 https://t.co/0gq7rlaNw7
— Twitter Comms (@TwitterComms) July 28, 2020
The video was widely publicized by Breitbart News and features a number of people in lab coats who refer to themselves as “America’s Frontline Doctors.” In the video, the individuals push various false and dangerous claims, including the claim that masks don’t prevent the spread of the virus and yet another defense of the drug hydroxychloroquine, which hasn’t proven effective in treating the virus.
Stella Immanuel, one figure central to the video, has made outlandish unscientific claims in the past, the Daily Beast’s Will Sommer reports. Those claims include the assertion that “alien DNA” is currently in use for some medical treatments and that some gynecological problems are a result of a patient having sex with demon-like “spirit husbands” and “spirit wives.”
President Trump shared the video multiple times on Monday night in tweets that now appear as “no longer available” on his timeline. The now-removed tweets are wedged in between a number of remaining retweets that defend hydroxychloroquine as a “gold standard” and a “game changer.” The retweets also attack White House pandemic advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci’s credibility.
Facebook and YouTube are also working to scrub instances of the viral video. On Facebook, it collected more than 14 million views and became one of the platform’s most popular posts before the company took action to remove it.
