A proposed bill aims to classify intentionally blocking traffic on New York City streets as an act of “domestic terrorism.” Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato (D-Queens) introduced the bill in response to the chaos often caused by protests, particularly those related to recent events like the Israel-Hamas war.
The bill’s introduction coincides with Amato’s upcoming rematch against a Republican opponent she narrowly defeated in 2022, with insiders suggesting that the bill could serve as an effort to appeal to a district that has shifted more conservative in recent years, according to The New York Post.
Documents supporting the bill emphasize that while individuals have the right to protest, they should not have the right to instill fear, panic, or endanger the lives of others by blocking traffic. Under the proposed legislation, individuals convicted of this offense could face up to seven years in prison for a class D felony, as reported by The New York Post.
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And then they can ban cars? It will be terrorism to drive in Boro Park!
Can you imagine !!! A bill is needed to keep Law & Order !!!!
This is pure stupidity. Non violent protest isn’t terrorism, it’s civil disobedience. Always has been, going back centuries. What we need to do is enforce laws already on the books and arrest those who engage in civil disobedience, rather than invent some ham-handed definition of terrorism that labels nom-violent protestors enemies of the republic. Like really, do you not see the obvious slippery slope of that? That’s literally the beginning of the end of freedom of speech in this country.
Idiots.
Nanach, blocking the road is not “civil disobedience”, and it is not non-violent. Forcibly preventing people from going about their lawful business is violence. And civil disobedience means disobeying a law one believes to be immoral, and volunteering to be arrested for it. Nobody claims the law against blocking roads is immoral.