Ferguson protest organizers trained clergy in detailed civil-disobedience protocols
Evidence
My colleague, Joshua Guild, and I drove straight to the synagogue, where a meeting of clergy and organizers was being held. They were preparing for the grand jury decision and training people who wanted to join the protests or who volunteered their churches or synagogues to be “safe spaces” or “sanctuary churches,” places where protesters could retreat and members of the community could find some comfort amid the anticipated chaos. … We were given handouts. Told how to dress for the protests (layered clothing; comfortable shoes; no hoop earrings, necklaces, watches) and what to do if we got teargassed (flush our eyes with water or milk—no rubbing—and blow our noses; don’t suck it back in). She urged us to protest using a buddy system. We should stay in groups of two, exchange telephone numbers, birth dates, emergency contacts, and try to have only one in the group arrested. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 568
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Ferguson protesters broke with church-led civil rights performance to challenge policing. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 593; Ferguson protesters weaponized games to shut down streets as civil disobedience — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 589; Ferguson protesters improvised playful street actions to disrupt traffic corridors — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 589 (+3 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Ferguson protesters broke with church-led civil rights performance to challenge policing. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 593; Ferguson protesters weaponized games to shut down streets as civil disobedience — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 589; Ferguson protesters improvised playful street actions to disrupt traffic corridors — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black: How Race Still…, 589 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Ferguson-era activists favored improvised leaderless actions over permitted marches
#complicates(0.76) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 592