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1. WillDa+Q7[view] [source] 2020-06-02 01:28:49
>>oftenw+(OP)
"Of course, as Gillham pointed out, negotiating and managing a protest can’t really work if the protest wasn’t organized ahead of time. That goes double, he said, if the topic of the protest is police brutality. It’s hard to negotiate with someone about the best way to demand they be fired."

This point is important. The police can't police themselves, and for a lasting solution to this problem to emerge there'll have to be major structural changes to the way police oversight and review is carried out.

I hope these protests are a turning point that'll lead to such reforms, but I suspect no significant changes will occur. Hopefully I'll be proven wrong.

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2. catssi+A8[view] [source] 2020-06-02 01:34:48
>>WillDa+Q7
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.”

If you want change, make lasting change.

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