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From B2, I can't say for sure, but the impression I have is that the organizers of the evening protest are connected to the existing local political orgs -- (edited)

Posted by znufrii, silly old man (aka znufrii) Jun 10 '20, 11:02

So would more readily coordinate in advance with local police, etc. Not sure who organized the one I walked by just now but it seemed more student-led, and was down to about a hundred people or so listening to people give speeches at city hall, where police had blocked off the side street for them.

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my feeling on it is this is protesting police, there should be no collaboration. it's meant to be disruptive to police and community. organizers are - colin Jun 10, 11:12 5
- I disagree, because cooperation in the form of providing notice, possibly helps prevent more -- (edited) - tRuMAN Jun 10, 11:17 2
  - it might prevent it, but police need to feel like they are not in control. - colin Jun 10, 11:19 1
    - i disagree. -- nm* - tRuMaN Jun 10, 11:35
- Yeah, we're a mostly white town of about 10,000 people, and public services are pretty tightly knit into the community so that dynamic here would be - znufrii, silly old man Jun 10, 11:16 1
  - that's tough.. same with my county. everybody is buddies with police, it's going to be very hard to get any real change moving. -- nm - colin Jun 10, 11:18
Most of the student ones around here have coordinated with police. - spamlet Jun 10, 11:09

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From B2, I can't say for sure, but the impression I have is that the organizers of the evening protest are connected to the existing local political orgs -- (edited)

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