Chicago has seen a weekend of protests and more are anticipated. Prominent among the protesters have been military veterans.
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Photos of veterans throwing away their medals. “Basically, [the medals] are tokens designed to make us feel good or rewarded for participating in fighting for the 1%, oppressing whole populations, and sending our world into a downward spiral,” Veteran Scott Olsen told the Guardian. “They’re meaningless to me.”
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