In order to get to the bottom of the case and to discover what really happened, Federal Civil Rights Investigators and the FBI were brought in, it is now in their hands. On August 11, what started out as a protest for the killing of Michael Brown turned into a violent riot where a convenient store was burned to the ground. After the convenient store was pillaged and several shots were fired, police officers deployed tear gas to disperse and get the crowd out of there.
The point of a non-violent protest is to “…create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue” (King). Its goal is to force attention on the problem. It ultimately gives to the community no other choice but to face the problem and try to fix it. What Martin Luther King wanted was for it to gain attention so that they will be able to negotiate with “white moderates” and agree on a common ground. He did that to be able to negotiate which was his second step but it did not work.
People acted out of anger and displeasure in the moment so they fought and fought, One race was tired of being mistreated so they tried to make a difference, the other race didn’t want anything to change and wanted them to stay in their miserable place. I’ve read online many events where a black person and a white person did the same crime but there’s this thing called white privilege which let’s them get away or won’t suffer as much. I think this is very much sad because it’s been almost a century since the Race Riots have started and almost nothing changed except African-American getting the equal amount of rights. That’s sure an improvement but people are still immature and uneducated enough to learn how to not be racist, I see nothing wrong with black people but there are people who still do. Seeing how today’s society is still unchanged in some areas, I still personally think the Chicago Race Riots would still have started even without Eugene William’s death but at a much later
Violent protest can "...go to the point of murdering the hater, but it doesn't murder hate. " The result of the Nonviolent protests under king both saved the hater and lessened thee hate." ... in purely practical as well as moral terms, the American Negro has no alternative to non-violence." (Doc L) This was true, and the non-violent approach was much more well accepted by the white majority at the time.
Some of the protests were peaceful, but others rapidly turned into violent riots, looting, and vandalism. Riot police was brought in, and tear gas along with flash bangs were used to bring the crowd under control. One person was killed in the riots. The police say that he was shot by a civilian.
The final verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992 caused many people to grow anger, and display their anger in different ways. Some people displayed aggression and fury with the riots in Los Angeles, others attempted to get a different resolution for the LAPD officers that were acquitted, and there were also citizens who wrote about the impacts of this trial and other issues. After reading the entries and taking my experiences into account, the three responses were fitting according to the verdict. Riots are normally considered to be malicious acts that are highly frowned upon, but in some cases a riot is necessary. People express themselves in different ways when they grow angry; some people will riot because they can show people that they are upset and they believe this is the best way to get the point across.
"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so. "-Socrates. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because the society is not free unless it's able to check the government. As long as the protest of the law remains peaceful it is a good thing. It is the public telling the government that they will not let them gain to much power and crush their human rights.
The consequences of peaceful protesting is, the marchers from Selma to Montgomery, had to go back and march three times. The first march didn 't work out and got sent back to the bridge. The second march was when they were crossing the bridge, the police officers attacked them with stick, teargas, clubs, arrested innocent people, guns were fired, knocked people to the ground, whips, rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire was a weapon that the police officers whipped at the marchers. The third time they went to march, they won Federal Protection and they successfully marched for their cause. The National Guard helped them on the last march.
Los Angeles experienced a very similar situation to Ferguson. When four Los Angeles police officers that had been videotaped beating an unarmed African-American driver were acquitted of any offense in the arrest, anger and protest swiftly turned to violence, as “rioters in south-central Los Angeles blocked freeway traffic and beat motorists, wrecked and looted numerous downtown stores and buildings, and set more than 100 fires” (This Day in History, April). The video of Rodney King’s being beaten was constantly broadcasted on television, fueling anger over what was interpreted as a pattern of hostility and abuse by the Los Angeles police toward Africa-Americans and Hispanics. Peaceful protests, civil disobedience, and demonstrations are common ways to express non acceptance of something that has been done or a law that is not acceptable. However, riots are unlawful and violent acts that do not accomplish anything positive.
A few years ago, there were many instances of unnecessary shootings and killings involving police officers against one group in particular, African Americans. In response, hundreds of people protested in the streets. As can be compared to the infamous march Martin Luther King Jr. took in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, officers used what can be called “scare tactics” against those utilizing their right to disobey civilly. Officers were using tear gas to disturb the crowds, military was called in, even wearing gas masks and somewhat armored uniforms, all of which occurred in the 1960’s as well as in the past few years. In many protests where tensions escalate and violence begins to emit, there were talks of Martin Luther King Jr. and how he was able to accomplish so much in his time as the Civil Rights leader without using violence to have his point reached.
Protestors were beat, jailed, and tormented for standing up for their beliefs. As Martin Luther King Jr. wrote in Letter from a Birmingham Jail, “I am in a Birmingham jail because injustice is in here.” The law enforcers were disobeying the laws and they were not peaceful. They stripped the protestors right to freedom of speech while terrorizing the marches and their participants. This was not the American way.
Major race riots have occurred in the United States at least since the Harlem Riots of 1948. Although the race riots that took place in the United States during the 1960’s were the direct result of the serious grievances of a minority racial group. An already frustrated and angry black population in America's cities violently took that sense of unfairness to the streets in the form of demonstrations, looting, and the destruction of property. Riots continued to happen throughout history including the 1992 riot in Los Angeles, the most destructive United States civil disturbance of the 20th century. As riots still occur in the present
The problem starts when those protests turn to riots, and property damage and theft occurs. After a while, the media stopped showcasing cases of what some call police brutality. It is plausible to say that the protests positively impacted a free society. Other protests that occurred in the history of our nation are those
The consequences of peaceful protesting is, the marchers from Selma to Montgomery, had to go back and march three times. The first march wasn 't what they wanted to achieve and got sent back to the bridge. The second march was when they were crossing the bridge. The police officers attacked them with stick, teargas, clubs, arrested innocent people, guns were fired, knocked people to the ground, whips, rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire was a weapon that the police officers whipped at the marchers. The third time they went to march, they won Federal Protection and they successfully marched for their cause.
Rallies may start off peaceful but others who may agree with those protesting don’t always do it peacefully this causes riots and looting, which is the farthest thing from peaceful. There is a fine line from marching down the streets peacefully and making your opinion know like Martin Luther King Jr did in 1965, in Alabama to help fight for the right of African-Americans to vote. Then someone saying it’s okay to loot and destroy cars and stores because they are expressing their opinion.
