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David S. Meyer
I'm a professor of sociology and political science at the University of California, Irvine. I've been thinking, and writing about, protest politics for almost ever. This site offers comments on contemporary events, informed (I hope) by knowing something about history and about the academic study of social movements.
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How punishment works
Jenna Ryan, who joined the Capitol insurrection on January 6, is putting a an upbeat spin on serving 60 days in federal prison for trespass. She’s announced on TikTok that she plans to exercise, do a lot of yoga, eat … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitol, courts, Donald Trump, insurrection, January 6, Jenna Ryan, law, Louie Gohmert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, punishment
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Rittenhouse and more: verdicts versus signals
Courts decide cases, not causes. On the surface, the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha was only about a kid with an assault weapon who killed two men and maimed another. The jury, considering two weeks of testimony, videotapes, lawyers’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahmaud Arbery, AR-15, Brunswick, courts, Georgia, guns, justice, Kenosha, Kyle Rittenhouse, protest, Wisconsin
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What a guilty verdict can’t do
Almost everyone exhaled. A jury convicted the former police officer who murdered George Floyd, and everyone in the United States must have been tuned in. It was an extremely unusual verdict; criminal prosecution of police violence against Black men is … Continue reading
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Tagged black lives matter, courts, COVID-19, Darnella Frasier, George Floyd, Keith Ellison, legal system, Minneapolis, Minnesota, police violence, race, Tim Walz
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Cases, Causes, and the next wave of Black Lives Matter
Judge Peter A. Cahill, presiding in Derrick Chauvin’s murder trial, denied a defense motion to sequester the jury. Chauvin, working as a Minneapolis police officer, strangled George Floyd to death last year. His defense wants to keep the rest of … Continue reading
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Tagged black lives matter, Brooklyn Center, Caron Nazario, courts, Daunte Wright, Derrick Chauvin, George Floyd, law, medic, military, Minneapolis, police violence
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March for Our Lives (rightly!) claims credit for NY’s lawsuit against NRA
Political activists don’t get credit unless they claim it. Minutes after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she was filing a lawsuit calling for the National Rifle Association to be disbanded, March for Our Lives sent out an … Continue reading
Police, provocation, and protest
Bad policing poked an old open wound in American life, one that had suffered continual poking and scratching over the past few weeks, months, years, and turned thousands of people out into the streets in protest. Bad policing of the … Continue reading
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Tagged agents provocateur, antifa, countermovements, courts, COVID-19, Flint, Genesee County, George Floyd, Kansas City, Michigan, Minneapolis, police, prosecution, race, Santa Cruz, social control, violence, white nationalism
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Are the Open-Up protests winning? What does winning mean? COVID-19
Dramatic, often confrontational, protests by small groups to “open up” seem to be working. The protests certainly haven’t enjoyed the support of most Americans. A substantial majority of Americans oppose a quick lifting of restrictions on public life and are … Continue reading
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Tagged business, California, CDC, courts, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer, guns, masks, Michigan, Ohio, open up, public opinion, vaccines, Wisconsin
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Opportunistic Advocacy (1/x); COVID-19 (4/x)
Effective advocates don’t want to waste a crisis. They try to photobomb into public attention to advance their concerns. Sometimes, it’s a clear fit–in direct response to the challenges of the moment; sometimes, they fly a long favored reform or … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, advocacy, Ammon Bundy, Cliven Bundy, conservative, coronavirus, courts, COVID-19, Daniel Kelly, guns, Idaho, Jill Karofsky, Milwaukee, Ohio, opportunities, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Texas, voting, Wisconsin
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On the day of a global climate strike, youth and activism
Below is a post I offered at The Conversation last week, where you will find some comments. Unlike almost everything else on this site, the entry below benefited from the good attentions of an editor, Emily Schwartz Greco. A gaggle … Continue reading
When testifying works: confronting Judge Kavanaugh
Maria Gallagher and Ana Maria Archila celebrated when Senator Jeff Flake (Arizona) forced his Republican colleagues to delay final consideration of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, pending completion of a very brief FBI investigation. Their elation is understandable and … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, Ana Maria Archila, Brett Kavanaugh, confirmation, confrontation, courts, elevator, Jeff Flake, Maria Gallagher, protest, Senate, Supreme Court, Ted Cruz, yelling
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Politics Outdoors 