I hate the panopticon. I sympathize with police wanting to identify bad actors within protests, as they really can terrorize an entire neighborhood and often u

I hate the panopticon. I sympathize with police wanting to identify bad actors within protests, as they really can terrorize an entire neighborhood and often undermine whatever just cause was being fought for. I also think the road to the surveillance state will always be paved with ‘good reasons.’ I think criminals need to be held accountable. I think endless footage of protestors could be used to at some point retaliate against people who are peacefully protesting. This has already happened to people who peacefully attended Trump Rallies, I see no reason why it couldn’t just as easily be used to discriminate against BLM organizers if that movement ever falls out of favor. So I am conflicted. Mostly I am still sad we’ve had so much violence in our protests over the 8 months or so.