Protest Safety: Know Your Rights and Safety Precautions

This coming weekend large protests are continuing both locally and around the Country.  Whether you are protesting here in Lancaster County, at larger demonstrations in Philadelphia, New York City, or Washington DC, it is important to know your rights and do it as safely as possible.  

• Here is a Protest Rights pamphlet put out by the ACLU that can inform you of your rights.

• A guide to best practices from Wired.

• How to best ensure that your voice is safely heard while attending a protest from New York Magazine.

• A quick summary guide of what to know before attending a protest, what to bring, what to wear, and a summary of your rights from Amnesty International.