A Crowd of Whites, A Sea of Blue

Well, my latest post reflecting on the Sea of Blue pro-police rally here in Cleveland just got published on Public Seminar. Here is the opening paragraph.

This past week hundreds of residents gathered in downtown Cleveland for a “Sea of Blue” rally to show support for police officers and law enforcement official across the nation. The rally, held in Public Square in response to the recent shooting of two NYPD officers and to counter months of anti-police protests and civil unrest linked to the murder of three young Black men — Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice — at the hands of white police officers, one of which took place in Cleveland. Rally organizers claimed the event was meant to show support for all lives, but it was obvious from one look at who attended the event that it was really about white people showing their support for white cops, all under the guise of defending law and order. One local TV station described the rally as “the largest pro-police rally in Cleveland’s history.”

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