How peaceful protests and violence impact messages of injustice

Images of protests throughout the world have flooded social media feeds and news coverage, but there are questions about which tactics are most effective in sparking meaningful change. Omar Wasow, an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University, studies the impact protests have on politics, and he joined CBSN to discuss his research.

[oogabooga]

we're ending racism by living up to the stereotypes. genius democrat strategy. brilliant!

[pohakumana]

I feel empathy and sorry for David Dorn, NOT #FENTANYLFLOYD

[pohakumana]

And they grey head dude talking about where he gets his "news" his FB feed or his twitter feed, explains it all.

[zqwc]

Let's not ignore that there IS looting and rioting going on and YES its the fault of the police because they broke the social contract but people need to realize looting/rioting is destructive, gives a bad image to the peaceful protesters, and gives justification to police violence.

[Djimonlife]

They want you to be peaceful so they can ignore you.

[jsb]

Meh.

Not helpful today, CBS.
Save it for next month.