Protests are 100% legal in America yet the FBI refers to activists as "domestic terrorists" and uses facial recognition drones and social media apps to track down and intimidate citizens exercising their right to dissent. Those who defend themselves from police assaults arrested for inciting a riot.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/federal-agents-monitored-facebook-arrest-protesters-inciting-riots-court-records-n1231531