honestly my state saw a lot of meaningful change out of it

The George Floyd protests were absolutely the reason that Chauvin got convicted and sent to prison. It's fucked up that that's what it took, but they at least got a concrete result. Which is more than I can say for any of these other protests. Not that I don't support them-- in fact I drove 2 hours to DC to participate on Saturday. It was cool to see so many people out, but to make changes, you have to force power to recognize you as a force to be reckoned with.

I remember when Biden mocked the Defund the Police movement in his first SOTU, and then went on to accelerate the militarization of police. Now, we have cop cities.

At the end of the day, none of these people are going to vote differently than they have for decades, so nothing is going to change.

Musk wanted to create a bigger protest by recommending a pardon for his murderer police officer.