None of the Cuba protesters who closed Miami highway cited under GOP-backed anti-rioting law Brittany Shammas, Timothy Bella, Meryl Kornfield © Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP/Getty Images Women kneel and hold a Cuban flag as they block Palmetto Expressway in Miami during a demonstration of support for Cubans protesting their government on July 13, 2021. Scores of people crowded a major Miami-area highway Tuesday, chanting in support of rare protests that erupted days earlier in Cuba against the country’s communist government. The rally caused an hours-long closure on part of the Palmetto Expressway in Miami-Dade County. It was the sort of scene envisioned by a divisive Florida law that Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) pushed amid last year’s wave of racial justice demonstrations. The legislation calls for protesters to be cited if they block traffic.
Cuba protesters close Palmetto Expressway in Miami and prompt questions of enforcement
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As Anti-Riot Laws Pass, Legal Challenges Grow By
Cara Bayles | June 6, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT
Police arrested Black Lives Matter protesters in Columbus Ohio last summer. A few months later, state lawmakers proposed a bill that would have created stiff penalties for protesters who block traffic, and create affirmative defenses for people who harm or kill rioters. The bill failed, but similar legislation is still pending in many states. (Photo by Stephen Zenner / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Weeks after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law what he called the strongest anti-looting, anti-rioting, pro-law-enforcement piece of legislation in the country, two different federal lawsuits sought to overturn it.
At a rally against HB1, the Combatting Public Disorder law that critics say will criminalize peaceful protests
With a Trumpian stroke of the Sharpie, DeSantis approves HB 1 and takes Florida into newly fascist territory
Surrounded by political allies and law officers last Monday at the Polk County Sheriff s Office, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed what was arguably the most controversial piece of legislation considered this session House Bill 1, dubbed by its Republican sponsors the Combating Public Disorder Act.
DeSantis swift action to sign the so-called anti-riot bill Monday was the culmination of months of the governor s efforts to solidify himself as an architect of law-and-order policies. DeSantis first laid out a framework for the legislation in September, long before the Senate gave final approval to the bill April 15 despite heart-rending objections from Black lawmakers.
This Week in South Florida: Shannon Ligon and Aaron Carter Bates
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It was the so-called Anti-Riot Act.
It alters Florida’s crime and punishment statutes governing protests and gatherings.
Monday, it became law. Wednesday, it became the target of a lawsuit.
Shannon Ligon is the plaintiff of the federal lawsuit, filed by attorney Aaron Carter Bates in Central Florida.
They joined This Week in South Florida host Glenna Milberg to discuss, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.
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