I'm all for radical reform in this country. I'm all for protest and civil disobedience. However, deliberately hijacking and gridlocking the infrastructure of a major city during rush hour is insane and counterproductive.
According to the state police, at least five ambulances had to be diverted this morning. One had a passenger with life threatening injuries that had to be diverted from a level one trauma center in Boston to a less capable facility in Brockton. Clearly this is not the mere inconvenience that the protesters were hoping to unleash. This is dangerous towards innocent people and calls into question the morality of the cause that these protesters are backing.
As for the "inconvenience" aspect of all of this, yes, I'm sure it was quite an inconvenience to those sitting in traffic for up to five hours this morning. The people most inconvenienced by it were surely those non-salary, working class commuters who missed half a day's pay. The same people that the misguided, privileged college kids protesting claim to be standing up for.
Black lives do matter, and the world must change, but this is not how to get people on your side. This is martyrdom for the sake of martyrdom. When your "movement" loses steam and popular support, don't dare to point the fingers at anyone but your organizers.
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