The changes above weren't caused by "best practices changing via new information", they were caused by political and ideological imperatives. I mean, seriously

The changes above weren't caused by "best practices changing via new information", they were caused by political and ideological imperatives. I mean, seriously. Protests are incredibly deadly. Not BLM protests, those are fine. No, now BLM has run its course protests are illegal again. Obviously that isn't anything based on "new information", and nor have the other changes been so motivated.