On Authorized & Unauthorized Demonstrations Nobody (among the participants of protest rallies) believes that there are authorized and unauthorized rallies. There are two types of rallies: the ones where people get beaten and the ones where they don't. This is easy to read. If people are ready to go where they will be beaten - this is a breaking point. Lately, we have seen a fair amount of people who are ready to join such protests, knowing that they will be beaten and thrown in prisons.