Police fractured my back, MRI shows. I can walk & I heal. My journalism cannot be stopped this way

I even feared this attack could happen. I film police violence as a journalist for a year now.

Not being harmed by the mayor's police is getting harder for press these weeks.

I need to heal for six weeks. 

You can see my badge saying “press” in the foto.

I am surprised that I have no grudge against the police officer who could have paralyzed me if I had not intuited my aikido way of falling. 

I was thrown too hard onto my back to consciously save myself in any way.

Many police ask people to see that the police are human too. Sometimes this very demand normalizes violence. 

But sometimes I am glad to hear police ask that one talks to each other. Sadly there is not much trust left for that but this lack of trust is what normalization aims to achieve.

I am not wishing anyone harm, I wish for a stop to the normalization of harm that is enabled from above, instrumentalizing in this way the police too.

I love helping my child fall asleep every night & I am just happy that I can still do this and am not paralyzed by the police injury.

Jac.Torrence compellingly argues that identity is used to freeze us into oppressor identities, but we can break out:

"Not all white people carry the oppressor's banner, especially when some are standing shoulder-to- shoulder in this fight against injustice. ... We're here to dismantle colonial structures, not divide ourselves over the same tired labels."

These are new levels against highly experienced videojournalists & against overwhelmingly peaceful & outspokenly peaceful anti-genocide rallies.

Video by Ryad Aref