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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone believe that the CHOP protest achieved something? [View all]Wawannabe
(5,657 posts)33. No one remembers this from June first I guess
Presidential photo op:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church
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On June 1, 2020, amid the George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C., police and National Guard troops used tear gas and other riot control tactics to forcefully clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square and surrounding streets, creating a path for President Donald Trump and senior administration officials to walk from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church.[1][2][3][4] Trump held up a Bible and posed for a photo op in front of Ashburton House (the church's parish house), which had been damaged by a fire during protests the night before.[5][6][7] Trump did not enter the church.[8][9]
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Yes. Change occurred in the sixties because people worked within the system NOT
Wawannabe
Jul 2020
#14
Couldn't all those ideas & music & sit-ins & at be done without taking over part of a city?
jmg257
Jul 2020
#23
A few well meaning people had a chance to try out what they thought a collective should be in 2020
haele
Jul 2020
#10
I was impressed. Can you say all your big dollar donations achieved something?
aikoaiko
Jul 2020
#11
no. it was a side show. well, it did show need for some law enforcement
SiliconValley_Dem
Jul 2020
#26
Yes, as an observer from afar: It's a hunger for community people can identify with.
KY_EnviroGuy
Jul 2020
#34
Maybe? CHOP helped achieve this - "Corporate America Gives Blessing to Police Reform"
Wawannabe
Jul 2020
#43
About the same as the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jul 2020
#60