Protest Rights Under Threat
On the Media | Feb 10, 2017
With the recent wave of protests across the country, Republican legislators in at least 10 states have pushed forward legislation that could increase the costs of speaking out. In North Dakota, lawmakers have proposed a law that would indemnify drivers who hit protesters on the highway. In Washington State, they've proposed upping the charge for some forms of civil disobedience to a felony.
Bob speaks with Lee Rowland from the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project to find out whether any of this new legislation might come to pass -- and what the implications might be if it does.
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