Today's news was huge. Not entirely unexpected, but very welcome. I figured they were building their case and being smart. Too many times, prosecutions of cops have gone horribly wrong. They need this to be airtight. I want to be Keith Ellison when I grow up. Damn.
I feel like Obama said exactly what needed to be said. Which, amidst all the compassionate reaching out, was essentially "Keep the momentum going". While I believe protestors do care, there are those on the ground that treat this as an "adventure". It's not. It's hard, grueling, difficult and slow work, as several movement leaders have started talking about in the last few days.
Good for John Boyega and everyone who steps up to plan and deliver these messages. I don't know that Boyega's career would ever be in real danger from something like this, not in recent years. Maybe if he was a sports or country music star. But Hollywood loves its causes for the last decade or so.
Yes, the country needs leadership. But while it would be nice to see him do some good for once, it doesn't actually need leadership from ONE person, or even one administration/organization. If they are going to be useless, then they're going to be come irrelevant. We're seeing ordinary citizens (crap, shouldn't have said that on SHH) step up to become leaders on a daily basis, let alone celebrities and media personalities and politicians. And there's a fairly clear message, and that's heartening.
Random thought...look what happened since this horrific incident got videotaped. Think people would be for cameras in more places after this?
