I don’t know the details, but I can totally believe this. The issue here is that Saudi Arabia is a major oil producer and weapons purchaser, and renaming a street is not going to make a substantive difference in that math. I’m all for renaming the street in Khashoggi’s honor, but the idea that it’s going to make any sort of political dent is ridiculous.
If I had to be optimistic, maybe this will start a similar round of boycotts, which could conceivably have some actual impact, but I’m not that optimistic.
