The Civil Rights Movement did indeed occasional do things that would be breaking the law. But that was typically aimed at laws that were unjust towards them personally. For those they participated in civil disobedience by breaking that law but not fighting it when they were arrested. Doesn't mean there wasn't violence aimed at them for doing it.
But in the end, this MLK and Snowden comparisons are just rather odd because they truly have very little in common.
But in the end, this MLK and Snowden comparisons are just rather odd because they truly have very little in common.