Secondary source - NYT

 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/03/us/george-floyd-protests-crowd-size.html

• Premises - 

Observed

Concrete data.

“The recent Black Lives Matter protests peaked on June 6, when half a million people turned out in nearly 550 places across the United States.” 

• Stated and reported facts from the New York Times, about the amount of people who showed up to protest for BLM.

• Establishing the structure of reality - 

(for)

Clarity

Event makes rule clearer.

““I’ve never seen self-reports of protest participation that high for a specific issue over such a short period,” said Neal Caren,”

• The event of some many people showing up for this specific issue shows that it really affected people, enough to come out and protest.

• Premises- 

The normal

Based on a reference group or experience.

“Half of those who said they protested said that this was their first time getting involved with a form of activism or demonstration. A majority said that they watched a video of police violence toward protesters or the Black community within the last year.”

The reporter was surprised that this was alot of peoples first time protesting, the reference group is the group that watch police violence toward the black community.