They got blocked out of, and kicked out out of, places by normal police all over the place. The feds took over when they arrived DC, because it was DC. There is also that the police largely supported their protest. That had more to do with it than them not being able to. There was literally police chiefs and sheriffs telling their local media they would not interfere with them. If they wanted the riot police could have easily cut them off, cut off exit routes, and went in. They aren’t the first mobile protest. They didn’t do that because they police liked them. There are BLM signs, stickers, posters in a lot of places I go. Hell I still see occupy stickers and signs around. In fact those protests are still talking points where as I rarely ever see anyone mention the clownvoy anymore. People are already coming around to the fact that the Occupy movement was right, because middle america is now at a point where they can’t deny what investment firms are doing as housing becomes unaffordable. I also see a growing anti-police sentiment, and that’s not just me, the government, and independent research, is backing this up. As this sentiment grows people I knew who staunchly stood against BLM are slowly softening their stance. Saying things like “well, I don’t agree with rioting, but I see why they were so angry” which is far toned down from the “their complaints are BS, and they are just a violent mob, who doesn’t want to follow the law” a couple years ago.
Like I said before, hindsight perspective often shifts the large scale sentiment on these types of protests. It takes years, multiple waves of outrage, and growing discontent with the same things that are being protested, by the people who where originally in the “my life is fine, nothing is wrong” crowd. I am willing to bet that most people don’t even remember what the convoy protest was even about, let alone become more positive about it. I haven’t seen it mainstream headlines for a good while now, while I still even see protests from the Bush 2 administration being brought up.
They got blocked out of, and kicked out out of, places by normal police all over the place. The feds took over when they arrived DC, because it was DC. There is also that the police largely supported their protest. That had more to do with it than them not being able to. There was literally police chiefs and sheriffs telling their local media they would not interfere with them. If they wanted the riot police could have easily cut them off, cut off exit routes, and went in. They aren’t the first mobile protest. They didn’t do that because they police liked them. There are BLM signs, stickers, posters in a lot of places I go. Hell I still see occupy stickers and signs around. In fact those protests are still talking points where as I rarely ever see anyone mention the clownvoy anymore. People are already coming around to the fact that the Occupy movement was right, because middle america is now at a point where they can’t deny what investment firms are doing as housing becomes unaffordable. I also see a growing anti-police sentiment, and that’s not just me, the government, and independent research, is backing this up. As this sentiment grows people I knew who staunchly stood against BLM are slowly softening their stance. Saying things like “well, I don’t agree with rioting, but I see why they were so angry” which is far toned down from the “their complaints are BS, and they are just a violent mob, who doesn’t want to follow the law” a couple years ago.
Like I said before, hindsight perspective often shifts the large scale sentiment on these types of protests. It takes years, multiple waves of outrage, and growing discontent with the same things that are being protested, by the people who where originally in the “my life is fine, nothing is wrong” crowd. I am willing to bet that most people don’t even remember what the convoy protest was even about, let alone become more positive about it. I haven’t seen it mainstream headlines for a good while now, while I still even see protests from the Bush 2 administration being brought up.