Florida's GOP-backed 'anti-riot' law blocked by judge

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The 90-page decision by U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee found the recently-enacted law “vague and overbroad” & amounted to an assault on First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly as well as the Constitution's due process protections

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida's new “anti-riot” law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as a way to quell violent protests is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

A key issue is defining what the word “riot” means in the statute. Walker noted that past Florida laws sought to prevent demonstrations that could threaten segregationist Jim Crow-era practices. DeSantis said during an appearance in New Port Richey that the state will take its case to the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The governor called the ruling by Walker a “foreordained conclusion" and has said he frequently prevails when appealing Tallahassee judges' orders.

The governor’s lawyers have argued that the law continues to allow peaceful protest but is an effort to draw a sharp distinction between that and a violent riot. Walker found that argument unpersuasive.

 

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Absolutely not. The “Judge” is saying violent people get a pass for being around lawful protesters. So he is allowing a violent militia to exist as long as someone isn’t shooting or setting fires. Bullshit. markwalker needs to be impeached

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