Unrest (Or, That Time I Got Tear Gassed) · 6:09pm Jun 2nd, 2020
I love Indianapolis. It's a great city with a surprisingly diverse cultural scene. The city prides itself on nurturing and retaining artistic talent, and I'm very proud to call it home.
So when I went out to the bars with my friends on Friday only to find all the shops closed and boarded up, I thought I'd stick around to see what was going on.
Big mistake!
This was the first time that night I got tear gassed. Tear gas isn't actually a gas, I later learned, but a powder that sticks to the sweat on your skin and the water in your eyes and the spit in your mouth and the mucus in your nose. Fascinating!
My friends, not really wanting to stick around and get gassed again, took off. I stuck around, if not just to witness the craziness.
Boy was there a lot of that! Looting and fires and cars. I've never been in a real riot before, but the mood was much different than I expected. It felt more like a really messed up party than a life-threatening situation.
Protests are still going on despite a mandatory curfew. Indy's not even the worst place right now. Please be safe out there everyone!
people have had enough and are going nuts