One of the impacts of the protests and increased violence in the late 1960s was that

Protests and rising violence in the late 1960s contributed to a sense of disorder and weakened public confidence in political leaders and institutions. As a result, more people lost faith in government. The protests did not generally lead protesters to take control of governments, and they did not bring a clear, widespread decrease in police brutality or greater national unity.

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