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Old 04-29-2015, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
Peaceful protests are one of our rights under the Constitution. It is not really newsworthy when people exercise their rights. OK, it might be a bit more newsworthy when a lot of people exercise their rights at the same time, but it still doesn't warrant the coverage that thousands of people breaking the law by rioting, setting fires, looting and assaulting the police would.

Peaceful protests go on every day in this country. They're not really news.
What's going on in Baltimore is news.
Large peaceful protests almost always make the news. I remember taking part in a very large group of people trying to create a chain of people around Rocky Mountain Flats. This made the national news.