A Git Repo to Document Police Brutality During the 2020 George Floyd Protests
Just a heads-up: before you get angry, bear in mind the situation is evolving and that the context and the timing information are very relevant. Here&#x27;s why: at least in NYC, I know the protest leaders and the NYPD police chief got together just a day or two ago to have a dialog and try to mend things so they can work together instead of against each other. [1] They don&#x27;t hate each other, and in any case, both sides realize they need the other&#x27;s support. They just want to be able to work together to keep things peaceful. And it seems like they&#x27;re giving each other another chance to do things right, and it&#x27;s important that they get that chance instead of having more tensions flare again as a result of anger from 3 days ago.<p>So, before you get worked up about what happened, check the date, and try to see if there&#x27;s any local news in the city that might indicate something might have changed in the meantime. You won&#x27;t necessarily see these on frontpage headlines, so it might take a bit of digging. (I&#x27;ve found actual videos from local news reporting on the ground much more helpful than textual articles from national outlets here. It seems to me it&#x27;s just too difficult to capture all the relevant dynamics, emotion, and nuance in text.)<p>In fact, if anyone&#x27;s involved, I would suggest putting this information in the repo here as well. You don&#x27;t want to add fuel onto a fire that was already under control a few days ago, and you want to know when (or whether) good progress is being made. Ultimately the goal is to find a working model that others can hopefully emulate.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=SJGT06zIUiY&amp;t=2m32s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=SJGT06zIUiY&amp;t=2m32s</a>