Peaceful Resistance To Law In The 19th Century

Peaceful resistance to laws is essential in the progress of a free society and promotes responsibility among citizens to uphold their rights and beliefs. In many instances where desired civil, reproductive, or other rights are in question, the legal route of seeking change in our laws has been unproductive or seemingly impossible. This frustration is beyond an American dilemma or a 19th century issue, but rather spans many forms of government over time. It has been and will always be the duty of citizens to challenge a lack of response from the government which works to serve them. It is understood there exist many routes to seeking long term change or considerations against laws. To citizens who have been unsuccessful in drawing concern from lawmakers regarding their rights, civil disobedience is preferred over the threat to their moral standing or well-being. Ieshia Evans, a nurse and mother, stood still calmly and peacefully in front of two police officers who were dressed in riot gear during the summer of 2016. Evans, who had previously never been arrested, chose to take this stance during a protest in which the protesters were told to disband. Evans did not struggle when arrested and the image of her arrest has encouraged others to
Sakharov was a Russian physicist during the cold war and became a soviet dissident which led him to humanitarian efforts in standing against the USSR. Sakharov was arrested for unlawfully and publicly protesting the soviet interference Afghanistan in 1979 and prior to this incident was forced to remain in internal exile for his work on peaceful coexistence. Sakharov came to be a leader in the democratic opposition movement in the USSR and was a voice for many seeking greater rights to freedom of speech from the government. Sakharov’s civil disobedience caused a lasting impact on the human rights movement during the