Bill on governor's desk increases penalties for riot-related offenses

Bill on governor’s desk increases penalties for riot-related offenses
Iowa City protest, June 4, 2020. (KCRG TV photo)
One of the bills to clear the Iowa legislature in its final week raises the penalty for rioting to a felony. Lingering in the crowd when a protest becomes an “unlawful assembly” would become a crime. Representative Jarad Klein, a Republican from Keota, said the bill sends a clear message.
“Peaceful protesting is a great and wonderful thing, so many positive results have happened in our country as a result of peaceful protesting, but violence cannot and will not be tolerated in the state of Iowa.”

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