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This 24 page paper delves into the 1960s and examines the activities of Martin Luther King, Jr. and others who engaged in civil disobedience. It also looks at Malcolm X and the Black Panther movement that utilized violence instead. The two types of political activity are compared and contrasted and the paper takes the philosophical position that peaceful protest is the only way to accomplish political goals. The "just war" theory, Marxism and other well known ideologies are used within the context of the discussion. Bibliography lists
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are immoral. One can argue that the ends justify the means and that while some people may perish during violent political action, it will be worthwhile, just as war is
sometimes. Also, it seems, one needs to perpetuate an evil in order to thwart one. While that point is arguable, one could easily provide support for an argument that says
that violence is never justifiable. At the basest level, it is hard to justify something that is inherently bad or negative. Violence is something that the society wants to
get rid of so it is a bit disingenuous to support it for the sake of a better end. While it may be true that in retrospect, violence might have
been a proper action in certain cases, there is no definitive way to know that. For example, when Amadou Diallo was shot by New York City cops forty one times,
it was justifiable because it was part of their training. While everyone was devastated by the mistake, the police acted correctly under the design of the department. Why? When a
police officer has good reason to believe that his or her life is in danger, the officer is required to shoot to kill. They are trained to do this in
order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because officers are risking their lives and truthfully, in many cases, waiting for the suspect
to make a move could be deadly. No criminal would get caught that way unless they were a bad shot. In other words, if the criminal believed that the officer
would not shoot, the suspect would surely have a significant advantage and there would be a lot of dead police officers. Thus, the training is quite appropriate. At the same
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