protester

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The supporters’ strategy was visual blocking: Whenever a protester lifted a sign critical of the Chinese government, supporters deployed oversize banners to obstruct the cameras.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Another protester, Denis MacDermot, 73, from Edinburgh, said he had been arrested before and had no hesitation about turning out again.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Veteran protester Bert Voorhees, 70, says democracy is on the line and it’s time to march.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

And in a surreal scene, Sheehy joined Capitol Police to help forcibly eject a protester who was disrupting an Armed Services Committee hearing.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2026

Dr. King made it clear that any protester confronted with violence by police or the Klan was to respond with nonviolence.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry