WASHINGTON—As Washington’s authorities brace for violence over Supreme Court verdicts, activist planners told followers not to oppose violence. At a Sunday meeting hosted in Petworth United Methodist Church and run by the organizing group, Shut Down DC, several activist leaders announced that violence was counterproductive to their group’s own strategy, but not necessarily bad. Shut…

WASHINGTON—As officials in Washington brace for possible violence following a Supreme Court decision about access to abortion, organizers of a group planning protests at the high court told followers not to oppose the use of violence. Leaders of the group “Shut Down DC” stated at an organizing meeting at Petworth United Methodist Church in D.C….