Protesting racism wasn’t criminalized. The issue was that the legal means to protest racism weren’t very effective. So, people intentionally broke certain laws to draw attention to the struggle. The overreaction by the police to those laws being broken drew attention and gained sympathy for the protesters.
Protesting racism wasn’t criminalized. The issue was that the legal means to protest racism weren’t very effective. So, people intentionally broke certain laws to draw attention to the struggle. The overreaction by the police to those laws being broken drew attention and gained sympathy for the protesters.
It should be “resisting” or something. “Protesting” is more specific.
Resisting racism was allowed too. What wasn’t allowed was say sitting in the wrong place on the bus.
Distinction without a difference, functionally speaking.