Privileged White activists don’t understand how to be allies to poc a lot of the time. Police reform protestors went to the most dangerous neighborhood in Chicago and protested outside of the police station there. They got flamed by locals for not letting the community know and for the possibility of inciting police violence who would have came down on the predominantly black residents. One dude called them out for not being there after “babies get shot”. As much as we hate the police and their role, some people who live in dangerous neighborhoods want more police and I think we should listen in that regard.

You can’t just storm into an area you haven’t worked with and expect to be welcomed. Organizing requires dirty work too like delivering groceries, outreach with youth, volunteer, etc.