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Thousands march on DNC without incident — or a permit: 'We just want a peaceful protest.'
(chicago.suntimes.com)
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Yeah. Having that captain or whatever there (no idea what the acronym meant) does a lot to hold police accountable.
But I think the only reason he's out there on the streets is pressure from Chicago politicians.
I dont think he'd do it on his own, or that police would be as nonviolent as we saw yesterday without that pressure from Dem politicians to not turn this into a giant shit show.
Most protests are nonviolent and would stay that way without incitement and outright violence from police through things like kettling.
It's important to remember that of the hundreds of BLM protests, only the ones where something newsworthy actually happened got reported by the media.
If something never makes the news when everyone behaves, then your brain only ever receives the negative signals, reinforcing the human brain's natural bias for remembering negative outcomes over positive ones. This leads to an inaccurate picture of what the world is actually like.
This is why statistical analysis is so important. Numbers are harder to fudge than memories.
Yeah, there was a ton of news reporting on allegations made by police against protesters, very little news coverage of the numerous times police brutalized protesters, and almost no coverage of the majority of protests where it was just people saying chants and waving signs while cops got paid time and a half to sit around and watch them.