When peaceful protesters are deliberately mischaracterized as violent, support for increased use of force from law enforcement and more restrictive legislation increases. And as history has shown, when grand moments of social progress take place, particularly in the South, the powers that be often push back with even grander levels of suppression.
Sierra Lyons
Sierra Lyons is a multimedia journalist proudly from Pensacola, FL. Now based in Brooklyn she covers race, politics, education, Christianity and their intersections. Her work has been featured in New York Magazine, Huffington Post and the Washington Post among others.