A coalition of civil rights groups expects the turnout on Oct. 18 will be even bigger than the first nationwide protest held in June, which by some counts was the largest in U.S. history.
When you have a massive peaceful protest without damages it becomes far more accepted in the public eye to start doing economic damage after the government does not listen.
Martil Luther King had peaceful protests which achieved nothing by themselves, but they built momentum for the Black Panthers to fight for civil rights afterwards.
Those often come after peaceful protests.
Peaceful protests legitimize non peaceful protests which follow
Strike and civil disobidience are not non peaceful till the police start the violence
Partially yes but they are disruptive.
When you have a massive peaceful protest without damages it becomes far more accepted in the public eye to start doing economic damage after the government does not listen.
Martil Luther King had peaceful protests which achieved nothing by themselves, but they built momentum for the Black Panthers to fight for civil rights afterwards.