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>The article points out that many protests in the U.S. went smoothly through the practice of police and protest organizers meeting and jointly managing protests, but that this practice fell into disuse after the 1999 Seattle WTO meeting in which protesters violated the negotiated terms and police responded with violence.

Beyond the general history, this is a big ask of the protesters when one of the primary motivators for this specific protest is distrust of the police.

>>slg+(OP)
It's a big ask when politicians have been acting like they can ignore protests which is what the past, hell, decade or so has really been like.

The political class had collectively decided they understood protests, that people would turn up peacefully, shout some slogans and then go home.

But that's not what a protest is. A protest is a clear and specific message "this is how many people took time out of their day, free time, time off work to come and represent themselves for an issue - do you think it's wise to ignore them?"

>>XorNot+Va
> It's a big ask when politicians have been acting like they can ignore protests which is what the past, hell, decade or so has really been like.

Decade? More like century. The labour demonstrations in the 19th and 20th century were ignored until they got militant. Nothing's changed since then in the US.