What is the black lives matter movement? It is a worldwide social and political movement supporting civilized misbehavior in protest against the conduct of police brutality and harm that is strictly racially motivated against black people.
What are the six clauses? The six clauses are the first six rights in the first amendment. 1) Freedom from religion, 2) Freedom of religion, 3) Freedom of speech, 4)Freedom of the press, 5)Freedom of assembly, 6) Freedom to petition
When thinking about the first amendment and the BLM movement, freedom of speech goes hand in hand with this. People have the RIGHT to verbally express their opinions, and during some of these protests that is what people are doing, peacefully protesting. On the other hand, there are the people that are violently protesting which is not the answer. Because as we all know, violence is not protected by the First Amendment. Additionally, it was stated on mtsu.edu that these protesters are 100% using their right to assembly. There are marches in ALL 50 states and these protesters have drastically changed the public view about racial justice.
As stated on mtsu.edu, "Any attempt to limit free expression must meet three requirements...
-Any regulation of free speech must be applied equally to all, regardless of their cause or message.
-The government must make any restrictions narrow and limited.
-Those who are prevented from sharing their message must have alternate ways to get the word out" (Ken Paulson).
The government is allowed to constrain and confine these protests but they have to make sure they are following the conditions stated above.
https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/post/837/5-takeaways-from-the-black-lives-matter-protests
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