Shutting down peaceful protest in America

<p>So far this year, GOP lawmakers in 36 states have introduced more than 90 anti-protest bills aimed at stopping Americans from exercising their rights under the constitution to protest. For example, <span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Florida’s new law</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">defines a “riot” as any public disturbance involving three or more persons that results in</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">any</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">injury or damage to property. It</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">also grants immunity to drivers who hit protesters with their cars. Oklahoma and Iowa have now passed similar laws. And many others - including more progressive ones like Oregon - have similar bills in the hopper.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So where are these laws are coming from? They are the backlash to the BLM protests of last summer.  </span></p> <ul> <li style="list-style-type: none;"> </li> </ul>