For eight minutes and 46 seconds last Tuesday, McCarren Park was meditative. Amidst the evening sunlight, crickets chirped and a cool breeze lapped at lingering sweat. Dozens sat quietly in a grassy field as an ice cream truck jingled in the distance. In a political atmosphere marked by shouting across each other on social media, pundits waxing banal and thousands chanting on city streets, the intentional silence was a respite from a pandemic and protest-infused…
Protestors Continue to Gather in McCarren Park, Months After George Floyd’s Death
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They are basically doing the right thing, ie protesting peacefully about a legit topic BLM.
Here are the thing not to do in other cities that I fear are putting the BLM issue in serious danger.
1-Riot, destroy property etc.
2-Rail against all police, ie defund the police dept., return to anarchy.
3-Engender white shame ie all whites are to blame for a few bad cops killing black people.
4-Not come up with special legislation naming specific police tactics that should be illegal and the penalties for them.
And last but not least come up with a leader than can get this done, not a ego maniac demagogue photo op lover like the Rev. Al, who would not know what to do with the solution if it was handed to him.
They did not get the memo that George Soros pulled the plug?