The Violent Protest: Rodney King Jr.

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If a person want a peaceful protest, then sit at home and use social media to protest and wait for change. However, violent protest raises awareness and get the issue resolved much quicker than just holding hands and chanting. Violent Protest shows the anger and frustration of the person or people. It also shows how people are willing to risk their life by standing by something they believe in. When violence is used during a protest it gets the point across much quicker. Violence cannot be ignored and it forces the authorities or whomever to take notice. Williams (2014) stated that the nonviolence philosophy that Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. promoted, that came from the bible, a political strategy that many people believed in was not effective enough forcing many to adapt the nonviolent tactic an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, and life for a life. This was the operation that many violent protestors believed in. According to James ( 2016) the author of the bible, when a person commits a crime, their punishment is an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, life for a life, foot for a foot, hand for a hand, burning …show more content…

Rodney King a black man who lived in Las Vegas was severely beating by four white police officers. The officers were brought into court and tried on charges of assault. The officers were acquitted of the assault charges. Immediately protestors took to the streets, to express their angry over the judge’s decision. Protestors found the ruling to be unfair and was fed up with the ill-treatment. The violent protest turned into a riot. A lot of damage occurred; over 50 people were killed, over 2,300 people injured, 8,000 arrest and estimated over $1 billion in property damage. The riots exposed the police abuse, poverty, and lack of economic opportunity. If it was not for the violent protestors no light would have been shed on the the way black were being

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