return2ozma@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoProtesters take over Trump Tower in NYC to demand release of Mahmoud Khalilwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1443arrow-down111
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minus-squareenthusiasticamoeba@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·21 days agoIt doesn’t matter how “well-behaved” protesters are. They will find a way to declare it an unlawful protest.
minus-squareSuite404@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 days agoThis. The only reason to keep it peaceful is the optics of others, not because you’ll be branded a law-breaker otherwise. MAGA will excuse unnecessary use of force, but people who might be sitting on the side lines are less likely to ignore it.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·20 days agoIf you ignore peaceful protest, then the inevitable “violent” protests are your fault.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoUnless they’re just going to fill up ICE detention centers with protestors.
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It doesn’t matter how “well-behaved” protesters are. They will find a way to declare it an unlawful protest.
This. The only reason to keep it peaceful is the optics of others, not because you’ll be branded a law-breaker otherwise. MAGA will excuse unnecessary use of force, but people who might be sitting on the side lines are less likely to ignore it.
If you ignore peaceful protest, then the inevitable “violent” protests are your fault.
Unless they’re just going to fill up ICE detention centers with protestors.