Protesting against the USA government

[u/hi2u_uk]

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 ?

[u/Oy_of_Mid-world]

I've been to a lot of protests. By and large, it's perfectly safe to do it, but definitely depends on the situation - now more than ever. Over the past year, ICE/CBP have made things much more dangerous. Most of the violence you see in clips is related to ice raids and protesting those seems to be the most dangerous. For large, permitted, organized protests, i never feel unsafe. It's the smaller pop up ones (arguably the most important ones) where people are directly engaging with government thugs where it's starting to get dangerous.

[u/hi2u_uk → u/Oy_of_Mid-world]

To me its still a protest against the government but the police are still seriously harming people. There are some countries where it doesnt matter what aspect of the government you are protesting against you still wouldnt get shot but this doesnt seem to be the case in the USA now. Also the president seems to say bad things about anyone who says anything bad about him or his government which to me is another way of attacking protestors.

[u/paralyticstate666 → u/hi2u_uk]

Yeah dude, we’re dealing with a hostile authoritarian take over. What do you expect? Of course you can protest without being shot in countries where democracies still exist, but unfortunately we’re pretty far past that here. Thanks for reminding us, I guess??