{"id":23011,"date":"2017-02-26T08:49:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T13:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=23011"},"modified":"2017-02-26T08:49:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T13:49:48","slug":"arizona-wants-to-be-able-to-seize-the-assets-of-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=23011","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Wants to be Able to Seize the Assets of Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theantimedia.org\/arizona-seize-assets-protesters\/\">Arizona Wants to be Able to Seize the Assets of Protesters<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"tam-single-article-ad\">\n<div class=\"tam-ad\">\n<div class=\"textwidget\">\n<div id=\"rcjsload_eca1f4\">\n<div id=\"rc_w_5854014881161410184\">\n<div class=\"rc-wc rc-bp rc-uid-58540 rc-g-d \" data-rcp=\"eyJ3IjoiNTg1NDAiLCJ0IjoicmNfNzQ0IiwiYyI6IjE0ODgxMTYxMzk5MjgiLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijg3OCIsInJlZmVyZXIiOiJodHRwOlwvXC93d3cuemVyb2hlZGdlLmNvbVwvbmV3c1wvMjAxNy0wMi0yNVwvd2hhdC1maXJzdC1hbWVuZG1lbnQtYXJpem9uYS13YW50cy1wb3dlci1zZWl6ZS1hc3NldHMtcHJvdGVzdGVycyJ9\" data-rct=\"3\" data-rc-g-dl=\"3\" data-rc-g-d=\"3\" data-rc-g-t=\"3\" data-rc-g-p=\"2\" data-id=\"58540\" data-original_load=\"eyJzcG9uc29yZWQiOlsxNjkyNzA4LDE1MDAxNjEsMTczNTc5Ml19\" data-refresh=\"0\" data-refresh-int=\"60000\" data-view=\"OetLIrGbvt4v%2FjvINcPhlTokmLfSW4AqvSwvNAH1mCKvDDPUJJwrWmb7mfUKLJNrUtC9XdmYQBHt5XJaTPkHb%2F8Gfk51WiHCQOyiRt1Ahw5FEp3ktECK8EVhq41fkY9Ak5pGro%2BlNr3AOhu8%2FPZ33z%2BYkcup%2BEFJojGMKzJjv4psrZt8JfRSd%2BOZnK9JL2V6HPgSlykzgKCgqnWywteYXc24qA%2FCMtH0Z12E21tANHtrpwnOFgps48qCtHiAcFD2MN7%2Ff2Iji1%2BP4BlV9rW6ooV497LVP6QRS1gWC49rPVBzvVJPSNNHFgXpLKcJ68E%2F2z7ADXTNFC8Xw2rNLyr8jzw5FDGIl2MlSy4vPSw9zzXoqfSsfDZ9nchtiGHjGKz4Nlzfbg%2BU6%2Fs1zyCAnFvl%2FGVfTWSH5jx8JY63MwMWon2O3yCPytaFyApIWXkhq7hXGoIulO9GJGZS0FKLKFuetCR6fTI55Cgg5GBBreiKeCOA9%2FCnDwUBE%2BsTYfnS9wfJ3asTnmtI37Jl5oY2w0kiZLB2T4sCRT8InfDR8Lrash0HVt%2BpV4qaiZgMkTIVXjlnrYkaIY3j6NqpdMo8Xr3Emgv3S2AHI46pLjWrJ0uYTacQkVEfmQrhwWqtTdqol9Y36My1SKYJPYV4LVOjATLztmPuYVLzR507pfbF5s11YN%2BTG%2BXA9vAsV2zUvHE1Cx%2F7MbbQjSjVgw3XpxOAZ0jwk3oQ0ysK1uMqH4FrQYkgkqWHa9aw0fOvcGqgJvzJPWrNgfP2Jp3J0Sbkh%2Bvz2t%2FeiXFJktnLEySA%2FaUZBbmwMIg%2Bv%2FR2O3mplCuBDJ0zLJ1c%2F9JjNOz8QOPP0wQ5gtR0V876xnpcYbz3GtnLHDynIv0YX1%2FKRFqn7kmuwfVkCdqrdZxM9jVhFl9oX3PzB%2FOcVA%3D%3D\">\n<div class=\"rc-text-top rc-text-right rc-branding rc-bl-sponsored-by-revcontent\">\n<div id=\"hateit\" class=\"hateit sameline\" data-text=\"Personalize This Content\" data-position=\"same\"><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2017-02-23T16:57:52+00:00\"><\/time><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline author\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/theantimedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">ANTIMEDIA<\/a>)\u00a0If Republicans in Arizona\u2019s senate have their way, police in that state could soon have the power to seize assets and property from protesters, the\u00a0<i>Arizona Capitol Times\u00a0<\/i>reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"post-50877\" class=\"main-content post-50877 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-activism category-civil-liberties category-constitution category-freedom category-freedom-of-expression category-government-accountability category-justice category-news category-police-state category-united-states tag-arizona tag-arizona-capitol-times tag-martin-quezada tag-phoenix tag-property tag-protesters tag-s-b-1142 tag-seize-assets tag-sonny-borrelli tag-stephen-lemons\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>From a February 22\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/azcapitoltimes.com\/news\/2017\/02\/22\/arizona-senate-crackdown-on-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"insert-post-ads\"><i>\u201cClaiming people are being paid to riot, Republican state senators voted Wednesday to give police new power to arrest anyone who is involved in a peaceful demonstration that may turn bad \u2014 even before anything actually happened.<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"insert-post-ads\"><i>\u201cSB1142 expands the state\u2019s racketeering laws, now aimed at organized crime, to also include rioting. And it redefines what constitutes rioting to include actions that result in damage to the property of others.<\/i><\/div>\n<p><i>\u201cBut the real heart of the legislation is what Democrats say is the guilt by association \u2014 and giving the government the right to criminally prosecute and seize the assets of everyone who planned a protest and everyone who participated.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Essentially, under this bill cops could arrest anyone at a demonstration that suddenly turns violent, however peaceful it might\u2019ve started. They would even be able to target people who had nothing to do the property damage.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Lemons, writing for the\u00a0<i>Phoenix New Times<\/i>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.phoenixnewtimes.com\/news\/update-arizona-senate-passes-bill-to-stifle-protests-based-on-berkeley-riot-over-dangerous-faggot-tour-9080885\" target=\"_blank\">covered<\/a>\u00a0a hearing on S.B. 1142 by Arizona\u2019s Senate Judiciary Committee last week.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting that certain senate Democrats\u00a0<i>\u201cnoted the obvious: that public protests often involve different groups with varying tactics,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0he pointed out that, hypothetically, peaceful protesters could be held responsible\u00a0<i>\u201cfor the violent actions of a different faction or of individuals who act out while others remain calm.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>But it gets even worse than that, as the\u00a0<i>Arizona Capitol Times<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/azcapitoltimes.com\/news\/2017\/02\/22\/arizona-senate-crackdown-on-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\">pointed out<\/a>Wednesday:\u00a0<i>\u201cBy including rioting in racketeering laws, it actually permits police to arrest those who are planning events.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Planning<\/i>\u00a0events. Meaning cops will have the authority to investigate activists before the demonstrations even take place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arizona Wants to be Able to Seize the Assets of Protesters (ANTIMEDIA)\u00a0If Republicans in Arizona\u2019s senate have their way, police in that state could soon have the power to seize assets and property from protesters, the\u00a0Arizona Capitol Times\u00a0reports. From a February 22\u00a0article: \u201cClaiming people are being paid to riot, Republican state senators voted Wednesday to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8803,6144,6526,14794,656],"class_list":["post-23011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-antimedia","tag-arizona","tag-asset-seizure","tag-james-holbrooks","tag-protest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23012,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23011\/revisions\/23012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}