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In May Ilhan Omar introduced H.R. 3651: Protecting Our Protesters Act of 2025. It’s literally just adding one line to 18 U.S. Code § 242:

“Including the use of force during a response to a protest.”

In short, using excessive force against protesters becomes a federal crime. That’s it.

But it has a 1% chance of being enacted.

Bill:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr3651

Title 18:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/242

#Protest #HumanRights #CivilRights #RightToAssemble #CivilLiberties #USPol #IlhanOmar #HR3651

#research on successful strategies for mounting a #protest -

Rachel Maddow: '3.5% rule': The anti-Trump movement is nearing an important threshold https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/no-kings-protests-trump-successful-anti-authoritarian-movements-rcna238949

#democracy #FreeSpeech #FirstAmendment #NoKings #righttoassemble #Vote!

If you're not happy about US government #shutdown, you can do something about it -

Still No Kings: Millions to #Protest Trump On #Saturday https://prospect.org/politics/2025-10-13-no-kings-protest-trump/

#NoKingsOct18 #politics #civilrights #freespeech #FreedomOfSpeech #RightToAssemble

#Trump takes aim at foreign-born college students, with 300 visas revoked

Some students have been picked up off the street by immigration agents and held in detention centers, sometimes a thousand miles away from their homes, with little warning

By Daniella Silva, Chloe Atkins, Julia Ainsley and Abigail Williams, March 27, 2025

"Secretary of State #MarcoRubio said Thursday the State Department has revoked 300 or more #StudentVisas, as the White House increasingly targets foreign-born students whose main transgression seems to be #activism.

"Rubio warned that the administration was looking out for 'these lunatics.' Around the country, #scholars have been picked up, in some cases by masked immigration agents, and held in #DetentionCenters, sometimes a thousand miles from their homes with little warning and often with few details about why they were being detained.

"'It might be more than 300 at this point. We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas,' Rubio said at a news conference in Guyana, where he was meeting with leaders.

"Many of those rounded up by Trump officials attended or were part of the pro-Palestinian movement that swept college campuses last year, and while the administration hasn’t said publicly why these students are being singled out over others, at least one sought by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement appeared on lists made by far-right pro-Israel groups as targets for deportation.

"And Trump allies, many in government again, telegraphed for months before he took office that they’d seek to deport students who openly advocated for Hamas or other U.S.-designated terrorist groups or after they participated in an unauthorized campus #protest and were suspended, expelled or jailed.

"The detentions are a signal of a broader effort by President Donald Trump to clamp down on the actions of legal permanent residents, student visa holders and others who live and work legally in the United States, one that threatens to undermine a fundamental American right to #FreeSpeech and to assemble, experts and advocates said."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-takes-aim-immigrant-students-rcna198346?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#USPol #ThoughtPolice #Authoritarianism #Orwellian #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Clampdown #SilencingDissent #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingActivism #RightToAssemble #FirstAmendment #USPol

The right to peacefully assemble and #protest is sacrosanct, New York Attorney General says, explaining a legal settlement w/the NYPD to prevent them from “kettling” #protesters and then arresting them. #FreeSpeech #RightToAssemble #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/05/nyregion/nypd-settlement-protesters-penning.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

I have the Right — I just dunno if I have the energy any more. And anyway, where would I start ?

#KILLTHEBILL #RightToAssemble #RighttoProtest #GTTO Tees by Sillytees bit.ly/3CeVnvu

Violence against demonstrators includes teargas and its aftereffects: Portland, OR, USA
#PoliceState #PoliceViolence #Politics #RightToAssemble
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2023/apr/17/teargas-effect-portland-police-investigation

❌Oppressive digital governance, like in Iran, can affect digital assemblies and protests.

Check out @enablingNGOlaw's guide on safeguarding our #RightToAssemble in the digital space

Read more by EDRi affiliate @ecnl in this week's #EDRigram: https://edri.org/our-work/iran-digital-spaces-of-protest-and-control/