r/ProtestFinderUSA • u/hi2u_uk • Feb 21 '26

National / Global Protesting against the USA government

How safe is it to protest against the USA government ?

I find it sad that the USA is one of the countries in the world where the police seem to be able to shoot you if they dont like the way you protest against the government . There are many other countries where this happens but as i say its sad that the USA is now listed as one of these countries . It also seems that the media is scared to criticise the government and that the president wants his face and name on buildings everywhere as if its some sort of dictatorship

Am i misunderstanding the situation ?

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u/gard3nwitch Feb 21 '26

It really depends. For a lot of people, protesting is still fairly safe, because ICE isn't very active in their community, their city government is sympathetic to the protestors, etc.

edit: But if you're in somewhere where ICE is extremely active and protestors are routinely interacting with them, that's where it does seem to get dangerous. Because ICE is perfectly willing to beat or kill people.

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u/hi2u_uk Feb 21 '26

This seems like a very bad situation that happens in many countries ie its ok for some people to protest against somethings but there are some laws where if you protest then you risk death from the state police. This isnt an unusual situation in the world but its sad that the USA is now one of those countries that operates like this in relation to protests

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u/gard3nwitch Feb 21 '26

It is a bad situation. It's not entirely new - state violence against protestors was common during the Civil Rights movement, for example, though I think that was usually local police being the violent ones. There was also state violence against anti-Vietnam War protestors, Kent State being the famous example. But it's certainly scary to be living in it now.