nonviolent
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The group said he was a Queens, N.Y., resident and among the community’s most well-known local activists who promoted peaceful, nonviolent demonstrations against Beijing’s rule of Tibet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
And it’s odd to see Quaker listed so prominently as their doctrine is famously nonviolent and anti-war.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
Four years later, an overwhelming majority of California voters approved Proposition 36, reversing a 2014 change that had commuted some nonviolent felonies to misdemeanors.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
Gov. Polis reduced her sentence to 4 years and 4.5 months, citing nonviolent crimes; she will be released on parole June 1, 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of nonviolent offenders have been forced to spend decades in prison.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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