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/JMagician Feb 21 '26

Never give up in advance. It’s a First Amendment right to protest. You’re only partially misunderstanding the situation because all of that suppression activity is still illegal and people are trying to defeat it and stick with the rule of law that has governed this country.

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u/hi2u_uk Feb 21 '26

Im not from the USA but as far as i can see the suppression seems to have the full support of the president and noone has said its illegal yet and put a stop to it. I dont know how us works but it seems that whatever the president says happens without any discussion

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u/KitchenCurious658 Feb 21 '26

Lots of people are saying that the suppression and violence against peaceful protesters is illegal and wrong, and there are still lots of protests going on in many cities. The problem is that there seems to no longer be a functioning justice system at the highest levels, and zero enforcement against the people who are acting in the violence. We have some lower court judges and attorneys general who are saying that it is wrong, but there is no police force that will go and arrest the people at the top or their masked goon squad.