QOTD: Protest, Then Vote (UPDATED)

"So the bottom line is this: if we want to bring about real change, then the choice isn’t between protest and politics. We have to do both. We have to mobilize to raise awareness, and we have to organize and cast our ballots to make sure that we elect candidates who will act on reform." -- former President Barack Obama, stressing the need to both mobilize and vote, not only in presidential elections, but at the state and local level where the people who are able to carry out police reform are elected.  As you might expect, the full op/ ed is worth the read, with the added feature of demonstrating how tragically far we've fallen in our choice of leaders.

UPDATE:  President Obama will take part in a town hall event to discuss the George Floyd killing and the subsequent unrest in the country, along with former AG Eric Holder and other police reform advocates.  The event starts at 5 p.m. today, and is being aired on his Obama Foundation website.