Nonviolence

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
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King was definitely not protesting in a rules based order, at least not one which applied to black people. Nor was Gandi.
He also died from a bullet to the head and 60 years later a statement as simple as 'black lives matter' was controversial.
Nonviolence was never proposed as a shield for activists against violence. He knew what he was up against.