Answer to Question #267379 in History for Kelsey Jand

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Context Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/06/riots-are-american-way-george-floyd-protests/612466/

Question: What are (2) quotes from the article that stand out to you?  Why do they stand out?

Answer 1

'They've killed us for less!' says the narrator. This meant that they had murdered people for no reason. What people saw was a system that was working as it should and protecting those who it was supposed to protect. Citizens' hearts continued to break for the grieving communities and families, as well as the many more who will be rejected and deprived in similar scenes around the country.

"There was a tremendous brawl between us. Nicolas Ortiz, a Brown Berets campaigner who was handcuffed and briefly detained by a state trooper, said, "The police grabbed a handful of individuals." Two demonstrators were detained. According to a Texas Department of Public Safety official, one person charged with assaulting a peace officer was brought to the hospital for injuries sustained during the arrest. Saturday night, his condition was unknown. Originally, the afternoon event was intended to be a counter-protest to a Confederate heritage demonstration. The Dixie Freedom rally was postponed, but the counter-protest went on as scheduled, beginning in a local park and proceeding a few blocks to the Capitol.