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What Anti-Protest Bills Reveal About The State Of U.S. Democracy

Attempts to discourage protests are appearing all around the country.
People gather holding pictures of Daunte Wright along with Black Lives Matter signs to protest his death by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on April 12. (Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images)

In the 2021 legislative session, lawmakers in 34 states have introduced more than 80 anti-protest bills. The proposals include civil immunity for people who drive their cars into crowds of protesters, to expanding the

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