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Mon Oct 17, 2016, 01:09 PM Oct 2016

North Dakota's War on the First Amendment Goes From Bad to Worse

Erickson acknowledged that it would be difficult to convict Goodman of trespassing because of "legal issues with proving the notice of trespassing requirements in the statute." But Erickson suggested that Goodman could be charged with rioting because she "was not acting as a journalist" while documenting security guards using pepper spray and siccing attack dogs on protesters.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/38016-north-dakota-s-war-on-the-first-amendment-goes-from-bad-to-worse
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Really scary stuff.

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