the question in the OP is whether the current movement to address police brutality needs a figure head.

i say it doesn't.

i understand and agree that the women's rights/suffrage movements have/had leadership and organization and structure. i agree that those are necessary elements of a successful movement for social and political change. i don't agree that the movement needs a figure head to be its public face. i used the women's rights/suffrage movements as examples of successful efforts that didn't/don't have a singular figure head. your list of names supports that point.