To argue that a protest that declares non-violence is safer and therefore more accessible to marganilized groups is to fundamentally misunderstand what it means to declare a non-violent protest, which is only a declaration about the behavior of the protestors themselves.

The cops might still be violent. Fascist counterprotestors might still be violent. Both groups have demonstarted countless times that they are very willing to use violent against non-violent groups.

So a declaration of non-violence really only says ‘if you use violence to defend yourself against these groups, we don’t have your back. We didn’t set up a legal team for you and we won’t try to hide your identity from the cops’.

That’s not safer at all.

Non-violent protests only achieve temporary safety by being so moderate and non-confrontational in everything they say and do that they never pose a real challenge to the system and never trigger a violent response. The illusion of safety they create at their protest is build on the mercy of cops and fascists.