The entire protest at the convention fizzled like a damp firecracker. From what I could see on TV is that the demonstrators were almost all white, and just weird. I didn’t see any of the expected Black Lies Matter crowd. Naturally, Code Pink put in a rather minimal appearance.
Someone said that the demonstrators themselves attributed the low turnout to the cop killings over the last few weeks, and that Black Lies Matter has pretty much gone into hiding.
That probably does have something to do with it, but perhaps another contributing factor is that there really isn’t much enthusiasm to go out and try to get Clinton elected. According to the document that was released by a hacker, the DNC was spending close to $1 MILLION on their operation in Cleveland, and I did see a video which showed Debbie Wasserman Schultz there with some others.
Another factor is probably the fact that the Cleveland police, backed up by cops from around the country, did an excellent job, unlike the cops in San Jose, Chicago, Albuquerque and other places who had just allowed rioters to run wild.
I agree with you. People are scared and don’t want to get blamed.
Agitating organisation are on notice.