peaceful protest

Example Sentences

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“Ours is a free society where the right to peaceful protest is sacred.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Gloucestershire Constabulary attended the protest to "enable lawful peaceful protest".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Where: 200 N. Spring St. Event notes: This peaceful protest is being organized by 50501 SoCal in coordination with a larger coalition of Los Angeles-based organizers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

"Everyone has a right to peaceful protest, but that must never amount to a heckler's veto, which means shutting down other people's right to speak," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

Each time James Bevel gave the signal, the next group poured out the front door and down the stairs—some fifty children at a time—and continued the peaceful protest march.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry