Voting for Obama twice did not shield black protesters from police violence.

Evidence

Tef Poe’s response was telling. “What do you say to those of us that are [politicized]? I voted for Barack Obama twice and still got teargassed.” It was a stunning dismissal of the power of the ballot. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 606

Categorization

• XREF: Directly evidences the reader’s core thesis that black electoral loyalty is a trap — the reader’s stated reason for this book.