The Story of the Last Week, in a Single Tweet
It isn't that the State Security forces are moving in with tear gas to disperse rowdy, even violent protests. It's that they're tear gassing people protesting in total calm, causing a confrontation that wouldn't take place otherwise.
2.00 pm Henrique Capriles en Las Mercedes pic.twitter.com/bq13oU0Eu2
— Adriana Núñez Rabascall (@Adriananunezr) April 10, 2017
Take 20 seconds to watch the video in this tweet. It shows a calm, colected Henrique Capriles walking down the street when suddenly, for no apparent reason, a tear gas canister is shot straight at his group.
That’s the dynamic at work in this week’s protests in Caracas. It really is perverse.
And, if you need a bonus, here’s a second tweet:
La GNB ahora está lanzando bombas lacrimógenas dentro de la clínica donde estoy hospitalizada
— Delsa Solorzano (@delsasolorzano) April 10, 2017
Extra bonus?
Tear gas from helicopters:
Lanzan bombas lacrimógenas desde los helicópteros a manifestantes en El Rosal. #10abr pic.twitter.com/DWrVRcm5Zf
— Ronna Rísquez (@ronnarisquez) April 10, 2017
Oh, and inside hospitals, to boot.
¿Por qué tiene que pasar esto? ¿Qué mente enferma ordena lanzar bombas lacrimógenas a una clínica? ¿Qué opinas de esto @TarekWiliamSaab? pic.twitter.com/kISO9Wg3gu
— Leonardo Padrón (@Leonardo_Padron) April 10, 2017
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