The George Floyd protests were absolutely the reason that Chauvin got convicted and sent to prison. It’s fucked up that that’s what it took, but they at least got a concrete result. Which is more than I can say for any of these other protests. Not that I don’t support them-- in fact I drove 2 hours to DC to participate on Saturday. It was cool to see so many people out, but to make changes, you have to force power to recognize you as a force to be reckoned with.
The George Floyd protests were absolutely the reason that Chauvin got convicted and sent to prison. It’s fucked up that that’s what it took, but they at least got a concrete result. Which is more than I can say for any of these other protests. Not that I don’t support them-- in fact I drove 2 hours to DC to participate on Saturday. It was cool to see so many people out, but to make changes, you have to force power to recognize you as a force to be reckoned with.
15 - 26 million people to get one person convicted for an act they clearly did.
America is so fucked.