Since the protests began 85 days ago, I have been filled
with revolutionary zeal that our system of public safety and law enforcement
needed dramatic change. Although this thought is still forefront, the length
and ambiguity of night after night of protest is beginning to worry me.
Local Black leaders have called on the most extreme
protesters to focus on Black Lives Matter issues and avoid confrontations – to no
avail.
I worry that the momentum the activism this summer has
brought will be squandered and the public will demand that the police get even
more money because it is clear that no matter how awful they are the
alternative is worse.
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