wish I could speak that well off the cuff about stuff like this
Honestly, good on that local news director and crew for not interrupting or cutting off that guy’s account.
At some point you get so used to the local news just sharing coverage of riot police lines with the sounds of drum beats and incoherent bullhorn noise—sometimes with a short clip of the local police chief and/or campus administrator, but rarely any kind of coherent synopsis of the protestors’ position by a level-headed and reasoned individual.
If anything, those news crews more often run footage of an exasperated, emotionally hijacked protestor who comes across to a passive news audience as “easy to dismiss”, particularly when juxtaposed against the footage of stoic police lines and prepared statements by administrators and officials.
When you see a protestor’s account, like from this guy, I think the passive news audience may actually have enough balanced information to form a thought or opinion beyond “police good, noisy kids bad”.
He's really well-spoken on his feet. I hope he's going into some kind of organising.
that is so incredibly powerful. Mario Savio level. Mass respect!!!!!!!
