Nonviolent Protests

Numerous times, protests start off as untroubling. In fact, they are beneficial to a certain extent, for they “provide a vent to society and also allow governments to understand better the issues their citizens are facing” (UN News Centre 2012). However, often these protests cross this blurry line and are rendered violent, causing danger to the American people. A recent example of a protest transforming into a riot was the Anti- Trump protest in Portland. These protests started off as being peaceful and allowed the protesters to express their opinions on the issue. However, the protesters eventually became so invested in the matter that it quickly mutated into a riot with people smashing windows, kicking cars, and vandalizing buildings (USA TODAY 2016) .This rapid change from peace to violence is a result of the blurry line between what is considered peaceful and what is considered violent. Due to the few restrictions on both the right to petition and assemble, what is perceived as violent is open to interpretation. More specifically, the protesters may not have deemed that kicking cars and smashing windows was violent; thus, they proceeded with these clearly dangerous activities anyways. Since the unlimited nature of both of these rights leaves a massive gray area in regards to what is

Since the beginning of american history there have been peaceful and non peaceful protests. These protests have had valuable effects on American society such as Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks have impacted society greatly and for the better. In my opinion peaceful protests still have negative effects though they are immensely more appropriate than non peaceful protests because peaceful protests often turn violent because people don't know how to act for example Trump Protests.

Protests are a way that many citizens have historically exercised their right to freedom of speech and as to voice their opinions on current matters in the U.S. as well as other nations. Protests help the uninformed get informed on specific issues, and try to persuade fellow citizens. What were some of the effective aspects of the protests that were portrayed in “The Matrix”, “Battle in Seattle” as well as those in “The Letter from Birmingham Jail”? What were the downfalls? An effective protest is one where an advocated idea gets across to the intended audience. Peaceful protests tend to have a better outcome than those that lead to violence.

Protests can start out peaceful but quickly turn violent. Though protests can be amazing and cause social change and change within the government they can also turn violent and leave behind a huge mess. An example of this is the Dakota Access Pipeline protest. It started out as a peaceful protest against the pipeline being built close to Native American land and along the way turned into a violent protest. Everything was going fine and as planned then things started going south. The sheriff’s office said, “According to numerous witnesses within five minutes the crowd of protesters, estimated to be a few hundred people became violent. They stampeded into the construction area with horses, dogs and vehicles” (Peralta). In this case, the protest

An example would be freedom day where people gather around the court to register vote. Another example would be on July 6, 1964 Selma, Alabama where again people, mostly teen gathered around the courthouse to protest to be allowed to register to vote. Another way was not responding to violence. For instance, on September 24, 1963 30 assets were made, no one fought back against the office who had beaten them page 33-25. Also on February 18 ,1965 Marion AL, 30 miles from Selma when after being released for jail CT .Vivian spoke at a rally protesting the arrest of SCLC worker James orange and so after C.T spoke hundreds of people march up the city jail and sing outside the jail . At the same time dozens of Alabama state troopers had been spent to Marion as rein formation to restore “ pace to the Sothern way of life “yet by pace people were beaten as they fled the site inducing the a death yet people did not retaliate with violence page

Well taking a look at events like the Greensboro 1976 KKK protest where after violent altercations between the marchers and members of the KKK hate group, the white supremacist group pulled guns and shot and killed five very important marchers consisting of nurse and civil rights activist, Sandi Smith, Doctor James Walker, Doctor Michael Nathan, and Bill Sampson, a Harvard graduate. Not only did both groups loss, the whole nation loss that day. So although nonviolent protest are not always effective they either impact the whole nation for the better or they only impact few people but violent attacks such as the Paris attack recently, or the 911 terrorist attack they impact so many people, so many households and maybe even the person that would

Peaceful protest, the respectable act of standing up for what one believes is right. Creating a nonviolent resistance is the most concrete way to persuade the opposing side to listen to the issue at hand. Society can only benefit from civil disobedience, for it is healthy to have a dialogue between the government and its people.

Sometimes you think you are bettering the world, when in reality, you are making it worse. Due to the recent inauguration, protests and marches have been appearing in the main cities of the U.S., as well as multiple foreign countries. These so called “peaceful” protests have become extremely violent and destructive, causing hundreds of arrests and injuries to the Republicans standing up for their President. Although the government’s decisions will not be affected by these protests, they continue to exaggerate their First Amendment and destroy privately owned property. The political protests regarding Trump’s recent inauguration are ineffective and must be controlled.

I believe that protest can bring change if you protest in a nonviolent way because, if you’re going out causing violence nobody will want to support you. The Greensboro Four was a group of young African American men who attended North Carolina A&T University. The four young men got together and came together to plan their nonviolent protest which would take place at the Woolworth Diner. The Woolworth Diner was a restaurant that only served White Americans. The Greensboro Four were successful because it sparked protest from other students who attended other historically black colleges. Finally, they were seeing White American only diners open up to African Americans also. I personally believe that society has become a better place for everyone

Frankly, how does one physically approve to oppose a law peacefully? We live in a society where the young still protests using words, and by marching. If we take a look at today's current issue of the newly elected President, Donald Trump, we can see that there is still protesters who don't use physical fight contact. They march until the destination and give speeches. It's like they are aiming for a certain audience or a certain person to listen to their speech and make a change towards that. By examining protests that uses peaceful resistance, non-violence and through communication of literature, it's clear that we continue supporting the protesters who have their statements to be made.

Violent protest is divisive - it turns citizens away from seeing reason in your stance, costs taxpayers money for police protection and control and drives people strongly to one side or the other of the issues protested. The reason that protests are often seen as dangerous is because they can turn sour as the result of people using this power and ability to demonstrate as a reason to injure and destroy, often without any connection to the original protested topic. Protesters have been known to break shop windows, throw bricks at cars and even injure or kill one another in extreme situations. Peacekeepers attempting to protect the citizens and prevent escalation are often vilified and presented as brutalizing peaceful protesters.

People stand in the streets chanting and holding signs. They’re here because of some injustice they face. They will not comply with the laws that obstruct their natural rights, and they desire change. Some believe that resistance to laws could be harmful to the unity of a society however, it is absolutely imperative to the success of Republican government. Protest is empowering to underrepresented groups and brings attention to issues that need it, which could never be corrected without some form of resistance. When the inherent rights of the people are threatened by a government system, peaceful resistance to laws is necessary and will positively impact a free society.

When no one life is at risk, and if there is no destruction of property due to another person’s actions and disobedience of the law, I believe one has the right to express themselves. Peaceful protests such as sit-ins and marches have proven to send messages that have echoed throughout the nation. Although the masses of people that are attracted to protests such as these I feel have varying motives. One such example being that recently there were millions of women marching across the world on behalf of their rights. However, a teacher of mine’s sister happened to be in DC at the time, and when she asked a few of the women marching exactly what they were marching for, she never got a straight answer. People would say to her “You just don’t get it, do you?” or simply roll their eyes, and although this protest was peaceful I felt many of the voices echoing throughout the nation were hollow and just a part of the

The best way to determine the effectiveness of peaceful protests is to look at it effectiveness against other forms of protest. The best example of this was during the Civil Rights Movement during the mid 1900’s when both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X sought change in two very different ways. While they both advocated for the equality of all citizens in the US, the had very different goals about this equality and very different means of achieving their goals. Growing up in a hostile underprivileged neighborhood, Malcolm X believed in achieving violence “by any means necessary”, including violence if necessitated. He also believed in the principle of separate but equal, believing that blacks should achieve equal status by only helping each other. Martin Luther King Jr. took a drastically different approach, advocating for the use of passive protesting and “weapons of love” to achieve equal status with the goal of integrating all races into a peaceful and harmonious society. Martin Luther King Jr’s dream was eventually realized as it garnered a great deal more support and was more successful than Malcolm X’s often more violent approach.

In conclusion, people believe that violent protest are more effective. That believe that, despite the destruction of personal property and harm that is inflicted on other people, violence solves all problems