HasanAbi

We're comparing it back to the momentum of the Black Lives Matter protests.

The Black Lives Matter protests were far faster.

And the mobilization was not exactly controlled.

It was more so just like an immediate moment of anger.

And it was already at a boiling point as well.

And that's the reason why they burned down the police precinct.

And I would say that now the protests are much more restrained in general.

which some people will get mad at me for saying this isn't necessarily a bad thing.

It's much more directed.

They're way more focused on doing ice watch, for example, even while they're doing like a vigil, there's still people doing ice watch.

So the community is actually a lot more mobilized and a lot more organized in general.

I think it's also too cold.

That probably plays a role in this too.

But, but I think like during BLM,

Very different circumstances, too, because it's like a federal law enforcement agency that's easier to identify as a foreign occupation, a non-state occupation, right?

As opposed to the local law enforcement that was behaving like a brutal occupation.

So the police response in that situation was much more violent as well.

It's during covid.

People were very frustrated in this circumstance.

It's like you can get a lot more people on board.