Media analyst, Lionel, shares his take on why this time is different from Ferguson and how companies capitalise on Black Lives Matter cause. We ask him if there will be police reform this time and how #GeorgeFloyd protests will affect the US presidential election. Lionel also speaks about the role of social media in mobilising political protest and the Rodney King videotape that ignited a national debate about race and police brutality.
Black lives matter documentary
00:00 - 00:47 - Introduction
00:48 1:26 - Why are #GeorgeFloyd protests bigger than Ferguson?
1:27 - 1:59 - A pivotal moment in the US history?
2:00 - 2:35 - ‘A different form of public lynching’
2:36 - 3:44 - ‘Protests? Wonderful!’
3:45 - 4:53 - Were bricks deliberately left for US protesters?
4:54 - 6:56 - ‘Trump supporters will vote for him no matter what’
6:57 -8:14 - ‘You don’t want law and order? Vote Democrat’
8:15 - 8:51 - Chance for virtue signalling for white people and companies
8:52 - 9:45 - ‘An undecided voter will say ‘I want my country back’’
9:46 - 10:20 - Police reform pledges
10:21 - 10:43 - Rodney King video
10:44 - 13:36 - How social media enables protests
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