# The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2014
- Speaker: Will Potter
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/will_potter_the_shocking_move_to_criminalize_nonviolent_protest)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In 2002, investigative journalist and TED Fellow Will Potter took a break from his regular beat, writing about shootings and murders for the Chicago Tribune. He went to help a local group campaigning against animal testing: "I thought it would be a safe way to do something positive," he says. Instead, he was arrested, and so began his ongoing journey into a world in which peaceful protest is branded as terrorism.

## Lectures

1. [The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/will_potter_the_shocking_move_to_criminalize_nonviolent_protest/77601dc02386), 5 min (TED's player)