Well, that could have been a lot worse. The scheduled fireworks show at Mount Rushmore didn’t set off a forest fire and Boardwalk activist anarchist Steve Young failed in his goal to “shut down the city.” What did he accomplish was to land in the pokey, while his protest drew what was reported to be “a crowd of dozens.” For better or worse, people don’t think ‘hot spot of racial injustice’ when they consider Atlantic City, which may explain why Young’s attempt at stirring outrage foundered. It probably didn’t help the protest that Young himself showed up a half-hour late. Reported The Press of Atlantic City, “Two vocal supporters of President Donald Trump made up the bulk of the counterprotest.”
Black Lives Matter protester Denise Walker, in Young’s absence, showed how it’s done by leading the throng in an 8-minute, 46-second kneel-down in memory of George Floyd. Young, once he could be bothered to show, used his bullhorn to call for (among other things) better pay from the casinos for their African-American employees. Aforesaid casinos were counting on the holiday weekend to jump-start business and had to be relieved that Young’s rally flagged.
