But there are lessons to draw from our experience of protesting against the violence.
Despite all my years and experience of protests, nothing quite prepares you for how it feels to be arrested.
"If anything," he said, the experience of protesting has made his class determined to be "aware and active alumni, now that we're out of school.
IN A country that has had almost no experience of mass protest since the 1960s, an unexpectedly large rally in Tokyo on September 19th against nuclear energy was a polished affair.
Seasoned LGBT activists marched alongside younger Turks who described Gezi as their first experience of political protest.
Brazil has experienced bouts of protest and social disorder in response to spending cuts, tax rises and joblessness.
Temporary Chief Constable Sue Sim, the Acpo lead on public order and public safety, said: "There is no doubt that the face and shape of protests continues to change and we continuously learn from sharing our knowledge and experience of facilitating protests across the country.
Parts of Xinjiang, particularly in its southern reaches, experience regular waves of protest, with many members of the region's ethnic minorities citing oppressive rule by the Han, the dominant ethnic group in China.
More than that, however, officials have long feared that a slowdown in new jobs and income growth will spur more civil unrest in a nation that already experiences thousands of protests each year.
Students interviewed for this article deplored the more extreme expressions of anger, like death threats against the Duke freshman and the tossing of the water bottle, and pointed out that Chinese students had little experience in the art of protest.
