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Arizona Senate votes to seize assets of those who plan, participate in protests that turn violent
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Feb 23, 2017 10:44am |
| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Feb 22, 2017 06:15pm |
| Description | Claiming people are being paid to riot, Republican state senators voted Wednesday to give police new power to arrest anyone who is involved in a peaceful demonstration that may turn bad — even before anything actually happened.
But the real heart of the legislation is what Democrats say is the guilt by association — and giving the government the right to criminally prosecute and seize the assets of everyone who planned a protest and everyone who participated. And what’s worse, said Sen. Steve Farley, D-Tucson, is that the person who may have broken a window, triggering the claim there was a riot, might actually not be a member of the group but someone from the other side. |
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