A large group of people protesting President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration policies blocked traffic on the Hollywood (101) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles Sunday. The protesters gathered Sunday morning on Olvera Street for what the Los Angeles Police Department called a non-permitted demonstration. The crowd grew to a few thousand people who marched to City […]
I’m assuming you’re talking about the Ukrainian revolution right? In that case that’s fair; I should’ve specified peaceful protests where you just make noise. That’s not what Ukrainians did, so they’re outside the point I’m trying to make. Quoting from Wikipedia:
A large, barricaded protest camp occupied Independence Square in central Kyiv throughout the ‘Maidan Uprising’. In January and February 2014, clashes between protesters and Berkut special riot police resulted in the deaths of 108 protesters and 13 police officers,[20] and the wounding of many others. The first protesters were killed in fierce clashes with police on Hrushevsky Street on 19–22 January. Following this, protesters occupied government buildings throughout the country, and the Azarov government resigned. The deadliest clashes were on 18–20 February, which saw the most severe violence in Ukraine since it regained independence.[35] Thousands of protesters advanced towards parliament, led by activists with shields and helmets, who were fired on by police snipers.[20
This wasn’t just protesters calling attention for an issue; this was a mass movement where more than half a million people actually went out made it very clear they’d not tolerate their government’s behavior anymore, going so far as to actually clash with riot police. Both these protesta and the protest in the OP are technically protests, but they’re completely different thingd and should be thought of as such.
I’m assuming you’re talking about the Ukrainian revolution right? In that case that’s fair; I should’ve specified peaceful protests where you just make noise. That’s not what Ukrainians did, so they’re outside the point I’m trying to make. Quoting from Wikipedia:
This wasn’t just protesters calling attention for an issue; this was a mass movement where more than half a million people actually went out made it very clear they’d not tolerate their government’s behavior anymore, going so far as to actually clash with riot police. Both these protesta and the protest in the OP are technically protests, but they’re completely different thingd and should be thought of as such.