First, racism is a public health issue. I know you're imagining "no blacks" signs on restaurants but it's actually that... well Jesus damn near everything is se

First, racism is a public health issue. I know you're imagining "no blacks" signs on restaurants but it's actually that... well Jesus damn near everything is set up in a way that produces worse health outcomes for people of color. But even if you don't subscribe to the wider systemic effects it's still an issue even restricted to our healthcare system itself. They weren't saying that bullets from cops was a public health crisis, your own article outlines it really well. The second was because if they didn't the ACLU was going to sue them into the ground on a 1A violation because protesting is the most bright line clear cut political speech. This wasn't a Black Lives Matter thing only either, the protests against the (in practice) vaccine mandate and social distancing itself were protected by this. How else could you protest them?