Violent contention typically grows out of nonviolent claim-making.

Evidence

This way of setting up analyses of collective violence emphasizes its connections with nonviolent political processes. Many violent incidents, for example, begin with nonviolent making of claims: initially orderly demonstrators scuffle with police sent to contain them, someone in a crowd that is stolidly blocking a tax collector throws a rock, or perhaps queuing petitioners turn on a late arrival who tries to jump the queue. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 726

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Boundary-based violence protests threats to social arrangements built on those boundaries; Security-force killings of activists triggered escalatory cycles of mourning and reprisal — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 603; Media overrepresent violence, hiding that most claim-making is nonviolent. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 225 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Mass violence evolves progressively from lesser harms rather than erupting suddenly #exemplifies (0.72)
• Populations adapt to pervasive violence until it seems ordinary #exemplifies (0.72)