“Nonviolence” ended when the feds pulled the trigger.
Again.
and Again.
And Again...................
Nonviolence was never the goal of either side.
As a matter of conscience they should be approached non-violently.
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That’s what MLK and his people did for example at Birmingham in the spring of 1963. When Bull Connor used the water cannon knocking men and women down and peeling their clothes off, when the dogs were set loose on young men and attacked them, there was outrage even from bystanders at the scene, who threw bricks at the police.
Once the visual images were spread around the country marches and violent clashes with police became commonplace nationwide.
So if non violent people unarmed come under FBI attack the possibility of ‘nonviolence’ ending and violence spreading would be very high based on my read of history.
JFK became so scared about the situation back then and the threat of white backlash against the Democrats including his own re-election in 1964 (the backlash finally hit them in 1966) that the FBI was ordered to spy on MLK.
The Democrats were spying to control and shut down MLK’s protest plans.