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I would agree with you except basically everyone was on the same side as soon as the video was released. Everyone, right, left, and center agreed there was a serious problem. So what are we raising awareness about?

>>Consul+(OP)
I don't think everyone knew that everyone agreed that there was a serious problem. The media were really boosting the usual divisive narrative, but I won't speculate here as to why.

>>throwa+O8
If it wasn't for social media you would only see what the corporate press wanted you to see, framed how they wanted it framed, blamed on who they wanted it blamed on. We're winning.

(paraphrased from Michael Malice)

>>Consul+(OP)
> Everyone, right, left, and center agreed there was a serious problem.

Sadly, no they didn't.

It took until the pictures of uninvolved white women bleeding from rubber bullets for a whole lot of people to say "Holy shit. That could happen to ME!"

In addition, you had videos of cops with their badge numbers covered and press getting arrested.

These protests threw the fact that the police do this all the time and expect to get away with it into the faces of people who don't normally see it.

It also showed that certain police departments can handle this and really do function better thus undermining the arguments of police departments who refuse to change.

>>throwa+O8
As for your first sentence, that's very true. A lot of white people think that since Obama was elected, there are no more racial problems.