Question

the author cites several statistics in the section "why protest?" what are some of these statistics , and what is their function in the document

Answer 1

1. shows the number of protesters this shows what the magnitude of disagreement with what is being protested
2. shows education of participants this shows how much were the actions of the protesters
3. the number of signatures collected for a different decision to show the total number of dissenters
4.shows the number of victims in the period of protest shows the opposing side of the protest not from the best point of view