AS PEOPLE HIT THE STREETS across America to protest the murder of George Floyd and stand up for Black lives, we’ve all seen authorities respond to our protests against police brutality with more police brutality. Now no one can plausibly deny that the police are violent, regardless of whether demonstrators are breaking windows or just exercising their alleged freedoms. We cannot allow the cops to beat the resistance out of us.
Safer in the Streets is a tool for protesters that illustrates best practices for dealing with the police. In the series, seven cartoonists interpret basic principles of street tactics, from navigating snake marches to preventing cops from breaking your fingers. It’s free to read and share for everyone, and it’s formatted to print as a two-sheet zine for passing out (download links can be found at the end of this post).
Compliance won’t protect us out there, so we need to be smart, careful, and brave if we’re going to be safer in the streets.
You can download and print this zine in color or black and white. Assembly instructions can be found here.
I’m Arielle Angel, editor-at-large of Jewish Currents. Before you go, there’s something I need to ask.
We’ve seen over and over how the mainstream media falters in telling stories on our beats—whether it’s antisemitism, Israel/Palestine in American politics, Jewish identity, or the American left. At Jewish Currents we’re committed to uncompromising analysis and longform reporting on these issues and more—stories you won’t find anywhere else. In a media landscape that obscures injustice and flattens discussion, we’re changing the conversation. But we need you.
If you believe in this work, please consider making a donation—or even better, a recurring one—to ensure that we are able to keep publishing stories like this one. We can’t do it without you.
