New guidance on AP Stylebook Online: Use care in deciding which term best applies: A riot is a wild or violent disturbance of the peace involving a group of people. The term riot suggests uncontrolled chaos and pandemonium. (1/5)
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Unrest is a vaguer, milder and less emotional term for a condition of angry discontent and protest verging on revolt. (3/5)
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Protest and demonstration refer to specific actions such as marches, sit-ins, rallies or other actions meant to register dissent. They can be legal or illegal, organized or spontaneous, peaceful or violent, and involve any number of people. (4/5)
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Revolt and uprising both suggest a broader political dimension or civil upheavals, a sustained period of protests or unrest against powerful groups or governing systems. (5/5)
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Protest isn't violence. Once it's violence, it's no longer "protest."
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Molotovs are fiery but mostly peaceful
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Pro-tip: as soon as "common purpose" protest tips into violence from concerted actions of 3+ (incldg human shields who knowingly protect those hurling projectiles or incendiaries or committing other crime) which causes a public disturbance, it's a riothttps://twitter.com/SelinaDavis73/status/1311712327641620481?s=20 …
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BS - that refers to bullshit
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"Protest and demonstration refer to specific actions such as marches, sit-ins, rallies or other actions meant to register dissent. They can be legal or illegal..." Bullshit. If illegal activity, it's not a protest. LAWFUL protests are protected under the Constitution.
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What are unlawful protests? Still a protest. Y'all really struggle with the basics .
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