Biggest effect of the riots so far: guns and ammo sales skyroketed. People want to protect their properties and what is left fo their small businesses.

Stay in the streets. It’s working ⬇️ https://t.co/XoDiQ0dLJK

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 8, 2020

No justice, no peace.

Here's a list of reputable BLM organizations that you can donate to if you can't protest, anything helps.

LRADs had been used against protests before. However, like you said, they are a major health risk, hence why the ACLU recommends ending their use against protesters. Plus, Sound goes into all directions, so chances are high that bystanders and inhabitants would be hit or at least affected, too.

Oh, they also provide a fact sheet about them: https://www.aclu.org/fact-sheet/acoustic-weapons-fact-sheet

How the fuck did they get their hands on that?

Dunno if this was posted yet, but here's a spreadsheet of the hundreds of documented instances of police brutality in the US in the last two weeks. More being added all the time:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1YmZeSxpz52qT-10tkCjWOwOGkQqle7Wd1P7ZM1wMW0E/htmlview?pru=AAABcql6DI8*mIHYeMnoj9XWUp3Svb_KZA&fbclid=IwAR2pw97Whwdjuqi9xUoveobAEsUbaCuG4iNYOKHVOwc_x_ceDOHfntKA-Go

Shoutout to the members of the policeforce that are good human beings,please do not forget about them.

There were 100's of police/fire fighters protesting the assaultcharges for these two clowns. Ridiculous.

I wonder whose bright idea it was to use horses in protests...

Two officers were seriously injured, including a Mounted Branch officer who was knocked from her horse when it hit a set of traffic lights whilst appearing to bolt.

Ms Ahmed, who was not at Downing Street during the disturbance, said a "lot of people" she spoke to "feared for their lives when they saw police horses". "I don't think that was the best tactic to use if you're trying to create a peaceful environment," she said.

Sure they are trained to remain calm in loud messy environments yet,
A. What can you do while sitting on a horse, except club people or trample them.
B. All animals have their limits no matter how well trained.
C. Horses can seriously injure people or even kill them.

Mounted police, just another dumb tradition that needs to go.

They are beautifully polished horses though, tax money well spent...

Well, that was explained nicely. I guess the only real drawback to how things unfolded is that so many posts have been lost to the oblivion of thread locks. Things have continued on quite nicely in terms of engagement though.

I personally do not approve of the protests during the pandemic.  I didn't approve of it when people were protesting for haircuts, and I'm not going to change my opinion based on whether or not they're protesting for a better reason.

That being said, I'm a person who feels threatened by Covid-19 and do not feel particularly threatened by police brutality or racism in general.  I believe the logic is that you have to strike while the iron's hot. Change requires getting massive amount of people involved, and you're usually only going to have that opportunity when some particular event has occurred.  I guess people think the change is important enough to be worth the risk, and that now is the best time to make it happen.