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DoomsdaysCWFrom 2024: States Are Restricting Protests and Criminalizing DissentUnited States of Suppression is a series documenting the recent crackdown on dissent and protests in the U.S. This op-ed discusses what happens when protesting becomes a crime.By Elly Page and Alana Greer June 26, 2024Excerpt: "Since 2017, 21 states across the country have passed new laws that restrict protests — nearly 50 in total — with dozens more being introduced annually."Most of these new laws increase criminal penalties for conduct, like interfering with traffic, involved in some kinds of protests. Under laws passed in states such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arkansas</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iowa</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tennessee</a>, protesters can spend up to a year in jail for 'obstructing' public <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/streets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streets</a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sidewalks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sidewalks</a>, even though these are traditional venues for First Amendment-related activities. After protests against the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeystoneXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeystoneXL</a> Pipeline, 14 states dramatically increased penalties for trespassing, which would usually amount to a petty offense, if protesters enter lands with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pipelines</a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pipeline</a> construction sites."In many cases, these laws go further than punishing individual protesters to include the people and organizations that support them, putting organizers and community groups at risk. Under a recent law in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oklahoma</a>, an organization that 'conspires' with people to hold a protest can face felony penalties if the protest is deemed to be an 'unlawful assembly' — which state law defines vaguely enough to include a three-person protest that 'disturbs the public peace.' " Read more: <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/states-restricting-protests-criminalizing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.teenvogue.com/story/states-restricting-protests-criminalizing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clampdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PipelineProtestors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrafficInterference</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisturbingThePeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisturbingThePeace</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BogusCharges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BogusCharges</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crackdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SLAPPs</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VagueLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VagueLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestOrganizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtestOrganizers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSponsors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtestSponsors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSupporters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtestSupporters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

DelphiYesterday doing the rounds it was <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/coldcallers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coldcallers</a> claiming to be <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/exprisoners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#exprisoners</a> just trying to make ends meet <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/selling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cleaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cleaning</a> products. Today it's smartly dressed <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/families" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#families</a> with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/small" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#small</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> selling <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a>.Given the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ferry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ferry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cost</a> of getting here they all appear to have more <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> to burn than me!<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doorKnockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doorKnockers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scam</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rural</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/village" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#village</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hobbies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hobbies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/disturbingthepeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disturbingthepeace</a>

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DragQueen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DragQueen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/storyhour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#storyhour</a> moved to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/secretlocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#secretlocation</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#safety</a> after <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a>. Three <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/arrested" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arrested</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/disturbingthepeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disturbingthepeace</a> The City of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SainteCatherine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SainteCatherine</a>, just outside <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Montreal</a>, held a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#storytelling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/activity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activity</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> hosted by drag queen <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Barbada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Barbada</a> Sunday despite protesters' opposition — but its address wasn't made public.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Women</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Drag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Drag</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DragQueens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DragQueens</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Representation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/drag-story-hour-secret-location-1.6799385?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/drag-story-hour-secret-location-1.6799385?cmp=rss</a>

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