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These are the peaceful citizens
Those that defend their property
These are the lads that do not cry
The world of television spectacle

These are the guys who fuck
These are the women who know their place
Those who drink after work
Those who mind their business
Those

Those who choose the good girls
Those who choose the real men
Those that produce proper Greek kids
The seed of the Hellenic youth

Those who kill, wipe and finish
Those who protect us from the immigrants
Those who “are not racists, but”
Those who remember what Athens was once like
Those

Murderers, murderers, murderers

Those who have no problem with faggots
they have no problem as long as they do not see them
Those who have no problem with foreigners
they have no problem as long as they do not meet them
Those who do not hate women
They do not hate them if they do not listen to them
Those who have no problem with junkies
They have no problem as long as they don’t dirty their space
Those

Those who have clean hands
Those who have clean sidewalks
Those who have clean parks
Those who have clean shores
Those who have a clean conscience
Those who have a clean record
Those who have clean bodies
Those who have pure, clean blue-white blood

Murderers, murderers, murderers

▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFbQpN-dWlI&feature=youtu.be

Commentaire important de la réalisatrice et activiste Zoe Mavroudi à propos des derniers développements (publié en anglais sur FB ce dimanche 30 septembre) :

Friends:
As many of you know, the queer community in Greece is under shock for the past nine days over the public lynching in broad daylight in central Athens of Zak Kostopoulos, an HIV+ gay activist and drag performer and a widely loved and influential human being.

I would kindly suggest to those who can handle descriptions of violence at this time, to consider reading and sharing the article I’m posting here. It is the first English-language piece of journalism from a Greek outlet, which details the latest developments, including from medical exams and forensics. It also traces the media coverage of the murder and the disgraceful and sloppy attempt at victim blaming which unfolded during the first hours. Mainstream outlets reproduced stigmatizing hate speech in an attempt to paint Zak as a “burglar” who threatened passer-by at knife point as a result of an unspecified substance abuse. The claims quickly collapsed and were exposed as a blatant attempt to conceal and whitewash the role of not only the men who attacked Zak (possibly three males) but also of the police, in his death.

I would add to the information in the piece, two things:
1. a suggestion made recently on facebook by one of the lawyers involved with the prosecution of evidence that the cause of death was positional asphyxia brought on during Zak’s arrest when police handcuffed his arms behind his back and dragged him lifting his feet up from behind; all this while he was bleeding profusely from head wounds (a disturbing video of the moment of the arrest is online).
2. a suggestion made by the same lawyer that blood traces shown in video on the glass door of the shop Zak allegedly attempted to rob were from inside. This would mean Zak was already bleeding when he entered the shop, possibly after an earlier attack. A prominent LGBT-rights figure in Greece has also suggested he knows of evidence that Zak’s lynching started before he entered the store and the doors closed behind him trapping him inside.

For additional info on the case, and in lieu of comprehensive announcements from the Greek LGBTQ+ organizations, I would also recommend that you check out the page “Justice For Zak/Zackie” (@justice4ZakZackie) on Facebook.

My condolences to those of you abroad who knew him.

▻https://www.thepressproject.gr/details_en.php?aid=134723

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