During Bloody Sunday in Selma was one of the most successful protests in history where police disproportionately responded to nonviolent disobedience by beating marchers with batons. It was successful not in spite of police violence, but because of it. The hundreds of demonstrators grew to thousands as people came from all across the country in solidarity.
A new Trump era means a renaissance of civil disruption. Protest will become much more dangerous, but it will also become much more effective.
Hit the streets and fight? Did this author not see how Trump handled the protests in Portland and DC?
Protesting is dead, peaceful or otherwise. Violent protest will be met with the National Guard and Secret Service.
If Americans wanted to protect their right to protest, they should’ve voted for Harris.
You mean Portland where they rioted for 100+ night in the row in 2020?
https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-ap-top-news-race-and-ethnicity-id-state-wire-or-state-wire-b57315d97dd2146c4a89b4636faa7b70
I think they mean the unmarked vans disappearing people off the streets.
But who knows.
But that did not kill the protesting, did it?
No, it invigorated it.
During Bloody Sunday in Selma was one of the most successful protests in history where police disproportionately responded to nonviolent disobedience by beating marchers with batons. It was successful not in spite of police violence, but because of it. The hundreds of demonstrators grew to thousands as people came from all across the country in solidarity.
A new Trump era means a renaissance of civil disruption. Protest will become much more dangerous, but it will also become much more effective.