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  • Florida Gov. DeSantis signs controversial ‘anti-riot’ bill into law

    04/19/2021 9:52:48 AM PDT · by McGruff · 58 replies
    Orlando Sentinel ^ | April 19, 2021 | STEVEN LEMONGELLO and GRAY ROHRER
    Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s controversial “anti-riot” bill into law on Monday, a measure that vastly increases law enforcement’s powers to crack down on civil unrest. The bill, which passed mostly along partisan lines, has been criticized by Democrats and civil rights groups as unconstitutional for infringing on the First Amendment’s right to protest. “If you look at the breadth of this particular piece of legislation, it is the strongest anti-rioting, pro-law enforcement piece of legislation in the country,” DeSantis said at a press conference in Winter Haven surrounded by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, uniformed deputies and other law...