The local news channels will pick it up . From there you have anywhere from 50500 k watching , combine that with social media and that ' s pretty good outreach . Will it get national coverage ? No . Most protests don ' t and it ' s not needed . Someone from Georgia isn ' t going to be able to help support a protest in California . But the shootings that spur these protests always get covered . Secondly , I think you have some serious misconceptions about freedom of assembly . Freedom of assembly is not a unlimited right . Just like all the rights we have , there are realistic limits . And that ' s basically to 1 not hurt people and destroy property 2 Not cause a safely hazard by blocking roads It ' s literally not that hard to do . Plus you get the upside of public sympathy .