Right to protest?: GOP state lawmakers push back against public dissent

‘Republican lawmakers are pushing back “by any means necessary” against the wave of protests sweeping across the US with new bills in at least half a dozen states seeking to rigorously curb public dissent.
The legislative tools, many of which have been introduced in recent months, would regulate public dissent as demonstrators take to the streets.
In Indiana, Senate lawmakers introduced a bill in January that would require public officials to immediately dispatch “all available law enforcement” to clear a traffic blockade involving at least 10 people “by any means necessary.” Opponents, such as the Indiana Religious Coalition for Reproductive Justice, have dubbed it the “block traffic and you die” bill.’
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