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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

IDK if they were really peaceful but at the time they were certainly called violent.

They worked because the Black Panthers were standing by with rifles, making it pretty clear what the next step would be if the peaceful protests were ignored as they are today. Today's protests are all bark with no teeth to back to up in case barking doesn't do the trick.

...and barking isn't doing the trick.