America Quote by DeRay Mckesson

There might be a small minority which does not protest peacefully. But the majority does it. And if you then fire with tear gas…

— Weston McKennie

As a protester, I protested because I had to, not because it was exciting. I don't want to get tear-gassed again.

— DeRay Mckesson

There is nothing more American than peaceful protest.

— Russ Feingold

I was - the last protest I was at was in Genoa, where I got tear gassed, and I hate tear gas, and I…

— Noreena Hertz

For many people, tear gas is their first interaction with state violence. It's the first time they've been treated like an insect, usually by…

— Zeynep Tufekci

I was involved in some peaceful protests.

— Todd Akin

If you're teargassed repeatedly, as I have been as an academic researching protest movements, you learn how to hold your breath and close your…

— Zeynep Tufekci

I went to Ferguson and walked with the demonstrators and saw this heavily armed police force, tactical units pointing sniper rifles at my constituents…

— William Lacy Clay, Jr

I was doing a talk show in Vancouver, and somebody called in a bomb threat to protest my violence, which I thought was pretty…

— Paul Watson

Peaceful demonstrations are essential to our democratic system. Unfortunately, some individuals have engaged in unlawful and dangerous activity, including arson, rioting, looting, and damaging…

— Ted Wheeler

You are free to protest peacefully, but the minute you use violence and attack police, all bets are off.

— Miranda Devine

We been in the streets protesting for years about police brutality.

— Tobias Harris