Does violence undermine the message of protests?
Posted on AllSides June 4th, 2020
From The Center
Cities across the country have been riled by demonstrations in response to the police killing of George Floyd for the past week. Scenes of broken windows, burning vehicles, as well as police using tear gas and other tactics, have become a daily fixture of news coverage.
The ongoing unrest has reignited a debate that has divided resistance movements in the U.S. for at least the past half-century: Do violent protests advance the causes that inspire them, or undermine their messages?
For many, the enduring lesson of the civil...