• ⛓️‍💥@sh.itjust.works
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          23 days ago

          The tankman incident happened the day after the massacre as the military was dispersing. The interesting photos are from the day prior.

          Tankman stood in front of the tank the day after the military opened fire on and ran over protesters. Context adds a lot more to the story.

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          23 days ago

          They used hoses to wash the flattened remains of many protestera into the sewers.

          The tanks ran them over.

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            23 days ago

            Are there photos or videos or anything of this? Dang. Wonder why they would’ve let the one from the famous photo go so easily then.

            Edit: this doesn’t seem to be verifiable as far as I can tell. The one source I can find is a diplomatic cable that says he heard from someone who heard from a friend that this happened, not quite first hand info. Would like to see anything you all can find though.