Who protests determines how police respond - The Washington Post
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/08/14/who-protests-determines-how-police-respond
Earlier today, I asked about a recent Vox.com post referring to the protests in Ferguson, Mo., as riots: Why were they called riots and not protests? (Vox has since changed the language in the post from “riots” to “protests.”) Veteran journalist Howard French gave a brief reply:
@dadakim @ezraklein Riots are for black folks.
#ferguson #police #racisme via @francoisbriatte et ça aussi : ▻http://www.mathofpolitics.com/2014/08/18/makes-us-stronger-the-math-of-protest-and-repression