Standing with three water bottles in hand, cooling towel slung over his neck and donning a black shirt that featured a cascade of names starting with Emmett Till and ending with George Floyd, Scott Nady watched the sea of protesters file past him. He was people watching — a skill he had honed over years of going to protests like these.
Nady first hit the pavement in 1991 when Rodney King was beaten by police in Los Angeles. Similarly, the SMU special teams analyst marched when Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in 2012.