Sorry for not replying to the full thing, but I think this bit is worth picking up on. I think something drastic has to happen for these protests to send a message. At present, the President has doubled down, using terms like "domination" and "overwhelming force". If the protests now stop, then that will be seen as nothing short of a victory for Trump and his mobs - they will have successfully kicked back down the uprising, quelled the rebellion and re-established the status quo. The absolute worst thing that can happen right now in my opinion is for the protests to stop, for that reason. People need to show that they arent going to be cowed by the ever-escalating police and military presence.
Trumps only answer is violence. If that can be shown to not work, then there will be some chance of real change taking place.
Think about how long and how much energy (by which I mean, people's will to stand up to the establishment) has been used in this movement. If it gets put down now through Trumps bully tactics, then I feel like a lot of black folk in America will basically feel defeated and adopt a mindset of reluctant acceptance that they simply cannot change their lot, which would be a tragedy.
Im not someone who tends to get emotionally invested in things like this, but I stayed up til 3AM last night watching streams and recordings of what was going on and it is truly sickening.
