Without fail, protests and direct actions (whether they result in property damage or not) are almost always characterized as violent â but only when they involved Black and Brown people. While Iâve yet to personally throw a brick through a window during any action, I have felt enraged enough to do so.
The hair can also be attracted to the negatively charged slide surface. Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material. The charge remains until it is able to move away by means of an electric current or electrical discharge. Static electricity is named in contrast with current electricity, which flows through wires or other conductors and transmits energy.
Photo: A lightning bolt is a huge release of static electricity, in which built-up electrical potential energy shoots from the sky to the ground in a sudden, improvised, electric current. Picture by David Parsons courtesy of US DOE/NREL (Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory).