Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

This activist is screaming at the crowd for not doing enough. For taking pictures of white people. For annoying black people by taking pictures of them. For not showing up For not fixing this That last thing is the real message. That last thing is the thing that matters

"All these people know this!" a black activist shouts back He's right. But it's the pain of the young. I don't say this to be disparaging: there is no worse pain than realizing that every generation before you has fucked up and that there's no easy way to fix it

Another activist steps to the mic. She is 27. She is an EMT. Breonna Taylor was an EMT and she was 26 when she was murdered "We aren't crying today, because we don't have any tears left"

An activist named Alisha steps forward. "I'm here so that my son knows how to stand up. Knows how to fight back. So he doesn't have to fight this fight!" She denounces people who come out to cause trouble" "November 3rd, we protest at the polls!" Scattered cheers

Now she's leading the crowd in a chant of "if we don't get it (justice), shut it down!" This is different from the usual "burn it down," and seems to be indicative of the direction of tonight's protest

It's difficult for me, personally, to see how voting fixes this

A different activist steps forward and talks about the difficulty of processing pain like this About using this pain to fuel the fire of the movement