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Anti-riot or anti-protest? Four Ohio bills would stiffen penalties for demonstrators Anna Staver, The Columbus Dispatch © Adam Cairns, Adam Cairns Demonstrators take a knee and hold their hands in the air outside the Ohio Statehouse during a peaceful protest for George Floyd in downtown Columbus on Monday, June 1, 2020. [Adam Cairns/Dispatch] The protests around Ohio last summer were organized because people wanted to see change – especially in policing procedures – from their elected officials.  But a wave of bills introduced by state Republicans were not what they had in mind.  These bills would increase the number of arrestable offenses at protests and enhance penalties for crimes committed during demonstrations that turn violent.

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