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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Tennessee, North Carolina senators join in call to federally punish protestors who block roads, highways

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is co-sponsoring a bill filed by Senator Thomas Tillis (R-NC) which creates penalties for protestors who block public roads. 

S.3492, also known as the Safe and Open Streets Act, would make it a federal crime to purposely obstruct, delay, or affect commerce by blocking a public roadway or highway. Per the bill, anyone found in violation of the proposed law would be fined, imprisoned for less than 5 years, or both.