Some protesters take issue with police kneeling, calling them a 'PR stunt.'
"We don't want anybody to take a knee, a knee doesn't help me heal the wounds. They shot me seven times on Saturday," Sampson says, shaking his head."It does not help my boy who has two broken bones in his skull right now because they aimed a cannon at his head with rubber bullets."Sampson, who stars on the HBO show"Insecure," called the commander's actions a"farce," and said it was"PR to make them look good.
On June 3, Buffalo, New York, police officers were filmed kneeling with protesters outside City Hall. One day later, in a now-viral video, two officers pushed a 75-year-old man to the ground during a protest outside City Hall, seriously injuring him and resulting inRoxane Gay, a bestselling author and activist, shared the same apprehension as Sampson about protesters sharing moments with law enforcement.
Minor hopes we don't get caught up in symbolism:"That’s not what we’re here for, the change has to occur from within." Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti meets protesters and clergy from the Los Angeles area participating in a march and peaceful protest in downtown Los Angeles outside of City Hall and LAPD Headquarters, June 2, 2020.
"If they don't live in your jurisdiction, then the connection is different and how they see African Americans is different," Johnson said."It's hard to respect a community if you're not a part of it."
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