#silencingdissent: Why are there more and more efforts to block #protests by #criminalizing, #terrorizing and #surveilling #demonstrators? Why are #policymakers attempting to label those who seek #rights afforded by the U.S. Constitution as #domesticterrorists?
Memphis Commercial AppealTennessee's attack of first amendment right to protest turns attention away from real issues | OpinionResponding to protests with criminal prosecution has an explicit purpose: to scare community members into silence, even in the face of grave injustice.