Police-reform protesters seek ways to keep movement going
Police-reform protesters seek ways to keep movement going
- June 13, 2020
- David Meyer, sociology, The Wall Street Journal, June 13, 2020
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“There’s a difference between being tired of a tactic and being tired of an issue,” said David S. Meyer, professor of sociology at University of California Irvine and author of “The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America.” “The trick for movements is to always find ways to give people different things to do to keep them engaged.”
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