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More States Are Moving To Criminalize Protests

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A crowd of protesters gather during a rally on Sept. 18, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. Protesters rallied in front of the attorney general's office for a decision to be made regarding the Louisville Metro police officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot during a no-knock warrant at her apartment on March 13, 2020. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Civil rights lawyer Nora Benavidez joins Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd to discuss a growing number of states where lawmakers are passing or proposing laws to criminalize protest activity.

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