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We won't see another protest like 2020 without another corresponding world event like the pandemic, sad to say. (And only in my own opinion.)
People need to go to work and feed their families. We were lucky that the motivation to try (again) to scream loud enough for police reform to make a difference happened at a time when more people had the opportunity to do so. (Due to so many things being shutdown)
I wish I could believe lasting change was made, but I'm less and less sure as time goes by.
Edit: Apologies for my poor word choice in using "lucky" in connection with the timing - which was entirely due to the murder of George Floyd.