Things to consider

It is important to avoid the very real danger of mob mentality and the madness of crowds. It can put
anyone into a dangerous position where lives are unnecessarily on the line, as NYPD don’t care
about the safety of any of us, and will not hesitate to protect themselves first. No one needs to get
into preventable situations where life is on the line - we need all of our safe, out of jail, and in
person, both now and down the line, to be best utilized for support. The unfortunate and real
possibility of losing individuals will only harm, and not help, the cause.

Consider what the value is/goals are in going out into the streets: what effect will it have on leading
to change? I’m all for the torched cop cars, but the value in that is limited.
Where do we go from here?

Further: what changes do we want? On a wider scale, there is little disagreement on either side of
the political spectrum (beyond uninformed individual citizens) that the officer murdered George
Floyd unjustly; he has been charged. It’s important to develop specific things we are hoping to
change; to compare this to Civil Rights protests and Jim Crow laws: in that case, specific laws were
specifically protested against which targeted minorities, protests which eventually led to changes.
Now - how can we best effect change?
What police tactics need to be addressed?
No one is in debate regarding the presence of police brutality; what laws or internal police
procedures are currently in place in regards to ​accountability​ towards police brutality?
Are there specific laws that are flawed in ​prosecution​ of police violence?
Which laws?
Are there specific problems in regards to so-called “internal reviews” by police forces and
how can we change these procedures?
How do we prevent this from happening again in another 6 months, year, ten years?
How do we bring our concerns to the level of those involved in making policy?
In short, how do we start a dialogue aimed towards making changes we all want?

Of course its important to protest police brutality, but that in itself is vague and nebulous; not
something we can simply have “canceled out” by protesting. I think its important to begin dialogues
and the developing of a stance regarding what needs to be changed.

Just my thoughts. Below are also a list of questions I feel are important and need to be honestly
asking ourselves both as individuals and as a group.

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Questions as a group
Questions as individuals: