Laura Jedeed (Misanthrophile)

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

I've wandered behind the Justice Center, where a slightly smaller crowd has gathered Someone is yelling at the crowd to return to the front Someone else with a megaphone is addressing the police inside the building Not much else is happening back here

DJ LRAD HAS JUST DECLARED AN UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY apparently a camera met an untimely end back here before I arrived and I guess that was enough This is incredible. Tonight showed every sign of remaining mellow. All they had to do was stay inside But that's not what they want

The feds are watching from the IRS building More protesters coming to the back In the front, a speaker says that the people around back have disrespected black women by provoking the cops This night could go a lot of different ways