Argumentative Essay: Peaceful Protests

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Darkness devours the day and and a somber tone envelops the air (Personification). Two cops dead along with one civilian, hundreds more injured, and massive damage to artificial structures (Pathos). All of this happened at a so called peaceful protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, by protesters claiming to be exercising their rights. Which begs the question, where do we draw the line (Rhetorical Question)? This is not the only example of violence in a protest. Similar events have occured in Boston, New York, Washington D.C., Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, and Berkeley along with many others. The constitution does not protect protesters that take part in these events, and laws need to be enforced to put a stop to them before they begin.

The right to peaceably assemble is protected by the United States Government under the first amendment. However this does not apply to …show more content…
Protests that occur almost always turn to violence in one form or another whether against other people, or damage to superficial structures. An example of this occured in Charlottesville, Virginia, where rally attender James Alex Fields Junior drove his vehicle into pedestrians on the sidewalk striking and killing 32 year old Heather Heyer and injuring 19 others (Washington). According to Joe Heim of the Washington Post, this tragedy could have been prevented (Ethos). In this instance, police had not been prepared for violence. They were in their normal outfits and had to spend time during the protest changing into their intervention gear. They were also told to hold back for their own safety (Washington). Because of the gray area of where to draw the line on protesting, police are put in a bad situation. They either have to sit back and run the risk of events like this occurring, or use force to subdue the crowds. Harm to civilians is just one form of danger involved in
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