Steve

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“I was at the front of the protest line. There were a couple younger girls to my left, I would say they were in their 20’s. In front of us I guess it was the National Guard they had their camo on and shields up. These two girls were talking to this young black soldier behind his shield and his camo and they were like, “Look we’re not even mad at you. Why are you out here fighting us? What if it was your kid who got killed? We’re out here fighting for you? What if you didn’t have that uniform on and it was you who got pulled over? This could have happened to you?” The thing that touched me about these two girls in particular talking to this soldier, was that they were having this conversation six inches from the guy, even though he was stone face, you could see his eyes start to water up. I think it’s important. What if there’s a protest and nobody shows up? That just basically says everybody agrees with what’s happened. So you should show up. I would say a third of the people there showed up to show up, to be in numbers, and weren’t in the front lines and weren’t active, which is fine. You just show in mass that you’re upset about things. I think it’s important, especially if you’re white, to do something, even if it’s just showing up to be supportive.”