Throughout history, protesting has been one of the most effective ways to cause awareness to a specific topic. Protesting is defined as, “expressing an object to what someone has said or done.” Some of the most effective movements have been a direct result of protesting. The Civil Rights Movement and Women’s Rights Movements are two distinct examples that have heavily influenced life as we know it. Since individuals caused call to action on those controversial issues, many people disagreed with their tactics to address their opinions. Civil disobedience, which is the act of disobeying a law on grounds of moral or political principle, is often associated with protesting because the Criminal Justice System’s ultimate goal is to control the orderly
