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Americans nowadays start using the civil rights act as a way to allow the civilians to become free and have equal rights. A recent example of this is when Donald Trump sued the Black Lives Matter Organization because the organizer DeRay Mckensson “did nothing to prevent the violence or to calm the crowd.”
The definition of civil disobedience is to peacefully protest to go against certain laws, orders, or commands of a government. This method has been a crucial part throughout history and is now rarely used in out time. It also has been called as a way to show as an expression of freedom of speech for individuals. Within Thoreau's essay, he states that, “ but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law(98).” This event shows how he sides with the thought of going against the law to make unjust laws better. Civil disobedience also shows in the Boston Tea Party, Women’s Suffrage Movement, and The Civil Rights Movement.
The american government suppresses civil disobedience by calling “incited the violence.”
The government is supposed to protect civilians from harm but instead it’s been using violence to make laws just. In the article titled “Speech Rights for Trump, but Not DeRay Mckensson,” written by Garrett Epps, talks about how the Black Lives Organization got sued by Donald Trump. Donald Trump said “Get ‘em out of here,” and the supporters assaulted them and later were led out. Both the Black Lives Matter group and Trump should of been protected by the First Amendment. Trump later on has decided that the First Amendment needed to be worked on or changed.
The issue we had that many people apart from the Black Lives Matter organization are getting killed by police officers. An example was on July 5, 2016, when Alton Sterling was shot 6 times in the chest by 2 white officers in front of a convenience store. The next day Obama announced that “Americans should feel outraged at episodes of police brutality since they’re rooted in long-simmering racial discord.” This shows that the community are becoming more violent and that civil disobedience has to become more justified, while laws start to become more regulated.
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