Peaceful Protests and Black Lives Matter
Throughout the last few months there have been more than 2,000 protests all around the world trying to bring awareness towards the black community and police brutality.
Following the murder of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement has seen many peaceful protests. The first amendment gives you freedom of speech, and the freedom to assemble. Under the U.S. constitution as long as you have a permit and the protest is peaceful then you can go out in the streets and use two of your freedoms.
The problem that has occurred is that many of these peaceful protests have become violent and have involved looting. This has strike controversy among many people regardless of their party. Whether you believe that the looting was justified or not, or if the peaceful protests were not the same with the violent protests under the first amendment the violent protests are not protected.
I think many people have decided to associate the BLM protests with riots which is very ignorant. It is the same as saying that all immigrants are criminals or that all white people are racist, just because you see one part of that group doing something bad. It’s one thing if you don’t want to support the protests because you don’t believe in the reasoning behind the protests, but if you are not supporting because you think the rioters are the same with peaceful protests that is where it does not make sense. The Black Lives Matter foundation has even come out to say that they don't approve of the looting.
As long as the protesters are being peaceful and also following guidelines, I don’t see a problem with them happening. Everyone has a right for a reason and if this country is so "free," then I think everyone regardless of your belief should support that.
Sources
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/03/us/george-floyd-protests-crowd-size.html
Peaceful Protests and Black Lives Matter
Throughout the last few months there have been more than 2,000 protests all around the world trying to bring awareness towards the black community and police brutality.
Following the murder of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement has seen many peaceful protests. The first amendment gives you freedom of speech, and the freedom to assemble. Under the U.S. constitution as long as you have a permit and the protest is peaceful then you can go out in the streets and use two of your freedoms.
The problem that has occurred is that many of these peaceful protests have become violent and have involved looting. This has strike controversy among many people regardless of their party. Whether you believe that the looting was justified or not, or if the peaceful protests were not the same with the violent protests under the first amendment the violent protests are not protected.
I think many people have decided to associate the BLM protests with riots which is very ignorant. It is the same as saying that all immigrants are criminals or that all white people are racist, just because you see one part of that group doing something bad. It’s one thing if you don’t want to support the protests because you don’t believe in the reasoning behind the protests, but if you are not supporting because you think the rioters are the same with peaceful protests that is where it does not make sense. The Black Lives Matter foundation has even come out to say that they don't approve of the looting.
As long as the protesters are being peaceful and also following guidelines, I don’t see a problem with them happening. Everyone has a right for a reason and if this country is so "free," then I think everyone regardless of your belief should support that.
Sources
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/03/us/george-floyd-protests-crowd-size.html
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