In Detroit I saw one cop car for the whole march and it was near the turning point at Little Caesar’s Arena. Maybe there was a second one down near the start at the DIA but I didn’t see it.
I think we're always a little wary about cop response for these things, but my point was: If the cops know about it, newspapers should know about it. The amount of response isn't so much important, as the fact that they should all be tuned in to police scanners and local information.
Absolutely. There did seem to be photojournalists there and at least one drone. I haven’t seen that many good photos but I wonder if it was too spread out to appreciate in one shot.
You can always get one useable shot. But sometimes it's hard to tell! Like I said, I never expected the photos I took to end up in the paper. But they knew the protest was happening and should have managed a scanner paragraph at least. (Drones still freak me out, I never know who's using them).
Liberal protests are peaceful, another reason they don’t get coverage.
And these protests were overwhelmingly white and not focused on Black people wanting to not be killed by police for no reason. Ergo, cops weren’t called in and cops didn’t instigate or escalate violence.
The failure of liberal protesters to excite mainstream coverage is also related to the absence of menacing militaristic tactical gear, heavy weaponry, and ominous implicit threats of vigilante violence. Lacking the frisson of an imminent mass casualty event makes it pretty dull—that’s on liberals.
Also. When liberal protests ARE violent it will focus on the violence and or the disruption while ignoring our actively downplaying the message. That's what happened in 2020.
When a protest is conservative even if it's violent (think storming the Michigan capitol) it will minimize that violence
One of the things that stuck out to me was that a couple of the news networks that WERE covering the protests said, “Tens of thousands could show up.” There were 100,000+ in NYC alone. This gross underestimate made it sound much smaller than it was.
Because this was mostly a white and older crowd, the police mostly avoided the marchers, because it's one thing to beat young minorities, but people would fuss if they tased grandpa.
Let's not forget that during the protests over the death of George Floyd, white nationalist agitators were there to make protestors look bad. As protestors become more diverse, agitators will try to incite violence, particularly if more young men are present.
I attended the march here in Portland, OR, the first I've ever attended in my 63 years. EVERY local TV news station mentioned that a woman had been arrested for keying a fire truck. They HAD to "balance" their coverage of the peaceful march with a tiny bit of vandalism.
Austin local media has totally failed to report properly on the BLM or pro Palestine protests.
They focus on “arrested” numbers even when outrageous and belligerent police violence far outweighs scuffles or vandalism, and focused on a drone flyer getting arrested like he punched a cop.
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And these protests were overwhelmingly white and not focused on Black people wanting to not be killed by police for no reason. Ergo, cops weren’t called in and cops didn’t instigate or escalate violence.
When a protest is conservative even if it's violent (think storming the Michigan capitol) it will minimize that violence
I wish I was being sarcastic.
https://www.courthousenews.com/minnesota-officials-link-arrested-looters-to-white-supremacist-groups/
The spectacle of possible violence draws the "if it bleeds it leads" journo corps.
Peaceful resistance? *yawn*.
This approach is dangerous.
They focus on “arrested” numbers even when outrageous and belligerent police violence far outweighs scuffles or vandalism, and focused on a drone flyer getting arrested like he punched a cop.