Civil rights protesters did workshops before protests to ensure protesters stayed peaceful. That way no one could dismiss them as vandals or arsonists, and the news would only show the police acting as aggressors. That's how you win. https://www.life.com/history/life-and-civil-rights-anatomy-of-a-protest-virginia-1960/
@estherschindler The system cant stand this type of disobedience as they have nothing to fall back on.
IN other words powerless.