Exclusive: US man protesting Putin-style Georgia law left injured by police

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1. By David Brennan – Diplomatic Correspondent:

   An American citizen arrested in Georgia amid fierce protests in the South Caucasus nation has told Newsweek that he and others are marching to prevent the country’s Russia-aligned government from “opening the door to authoritarianism.”

   Patrick Hernandez-Ball, a 29-year-old from Los Angeles, who has been living in Georgia for several years and considers the country a “second home,” recounted his violent arrest by state security forces earlier this week.

   Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/us-man-protesting-putin-georgia-law-injured-police-1900890](https://www.newsweek.com/us-man-protesting-putin-georgia-law-injured-police-1900890)

2. Imagine being in a war-torn, corruption torn place like Georgia and the police during anti-government protests there is still less violent than US police during peace time in Georgia USA.

3. Can someone give me a tl;dr about what the law is about?

4. What’s an american doing protesting in Georgia?

5. Foreigner

6. I leave Europe and it turns to absolutely insane!

   Also, who cares about the American (no offense), what Georgia is doing is fucking insanity. Most of its population is pro-EU/pro-West yet it’s taking bribes by Putins regime instead.

   Georgia = Fight like you fought the damn northern Yankees!!! .. wrong Georgia, I meant, fight like your country depends on it, say no to USSR 2.0 and know we stand behind you! We wont do anything because we’re western, we just talk but.. thoughts and prayers! well not that either, religion is bad.. hugs?

7. So like…what’s he doing there? That’s a weird place for an American to be. Like it’s terrible what happened to him but…why is an American in the country of Georgia protesting anything?