In an ideal world, issues like police brutality, racism, injustice, etc would be tackled through the democratic process.
But the reality is they rarely are and it does take protests and direct action to bring about change.
What normally happens is that the protests spark action through democratic processes.
An example in the case of historical monuments is that all 130 Labour councils have promised to 'review the appropriateness of local monuments and statues'.
This means statues won't just be toppled by an angry mob, but there will be reviews and consultations. I'm sure some statues will remain. Those that don't will end up in museums, whereby the actions of the individuals can be critiqued and analysed properly - rather than just celebrated and glorified.
Isn't that a step forward?
No one is saying destroy the statues - we need to learn the history and how people from Africa and the West Indies suffered. The history taught in schools - certainly when I was there barely mentioned black history and mostly glorified our colonial past. That isn't right.
Am I angry about a police office kneeling on the neck of a black man for 8 minutes, leading to him losing his life? Too bloody right I am.
Am I angry about brutality and racism from a small section of the police? Damn right.
If we don't get angry about injustice, if we don't speak up, then we won't ever see change.