When the police suddenly left the scene, the peaceful protest continued for another hour and a half.

This is a peaceful protest, and everyone wants it to stay that way.

And why can't occupation be a form of peaceful protest.

Oh the police are using violence in Boston against peaceful protests.

Again, a peaceful protest of that kind would hardly be news in an American city.

It seemed as though the government was learning to accommodate peaceful protest.

However, open protest against the government, even if peaceful, is not tolerated.

Amnesty International has also called upon the government to allow peaceful protests.

Poor and homeless families from the city held a peaceful protest to demand their economic rights.

But with protests peaceful and quite small, many of the police officers seemed more relaxed.