It’s common for lawmakers, activists and others who have been engaged in efforts to end police violence and racism to say this moment feels different.
What seems so obviously different is just how popular their message has become.
When viewing the protests around the country — and even the world — it’s impossible not to notice the demographic diversity. While demonstrators five years ago in Ferguson, Mo., after the killing of Michael Brown were mostly black and from cities with large black and working-class populations, the current protests include significant numbers of white demonstrators and have been held in affluent communities from Scottsdale, Ariz., to Provincetown, Mass. Continue reading.