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By Micah White, Featured Expert, with Maanas Sharma

from Criminal Justice and Policing Reform

Gone are the days where protests with millions of people were guaranteed success, White says. “Occupy was a perfect example of a social movement that should have worked according to the dominant theories of protest and activism. And yet, it failed.” Thus, White argues for a restructuring of protest. He discusses the current context of the Black Lives Matter movement and its demands. He argues for a reframing of demands away from policy and towards more transformative change and “deeper protest.”