Q: How many times was Dr. King arrested? A: He was arrested 30 times. Malcom X, by comparison, was arrested only 7 times. The number of arrests have much mo

Q: How many times was Dr. King arrested? A: He was arrested 30 times. Malcom X, by comparison, was arrested only 7 times. The number of arrests have much more to do with the type/style of protest that they engaged in than it has to do with some nebulous concept of "social behaviour". The reason why MLK and his followers were confident that their tactics would lead to success is because they could force arrests for plainly absurd and not anti-social actions. Force arrests while "behaving well". Instead of getting arrested for smashing police cars, or firebombing businesses owned by racists, they got themselves arrested for things like sitting in a restaurant.