Ron DeSantis released a sweeping set of proposals on Monday that would dramatically crack down on people who attend protests that turn violent or disorderly by threatening them with a mix of felonies and increased jail time. Collectively, the proposed legislation represents a dramatic -- if still merely proposed -- escalation in the Florida governor's embrace of President Donald Trump's calls for "law and order." Those followed a summer of nationwide protests have taken place in cities since the killing of George Floyd on May 25 by Minneapolis police officers. "This effort has one goal: silence, criminalize, and penalize Floridians who want to see justice for Black lives lost to racialized violence and brutality at the hands of law enforcement," Kubic said. I think what it's saying is we are not going to let Florida go down the road that some of these other place have gone," DeSantis said.

Source: CNN September 21, 2020 20:26 UTC